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Hans Christian Andersen

Read through the most famous quotes from Hans Christian Andersen




But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.


— Hans Christian Andersen


#tears #christianity

Where words fail, music speaks.


— Hans Christian Andersen


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Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.


— Hans Christian Andersen


#freedom

To travel is to live.


— Hans Christian Andersen


#travel #life

Every man's life is a fairy tale, written by God's fingers.


— Hans Christian Andersen


#life

Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.


— Hans Christian Andersen


#lyrics #melody #music #beauty

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.


— Hans Christian Andersen


#fairy tale #itself #life #most #tale

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.


— Hans Christian Andersen


#death #enjoy-life #life #misattributed #time

To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live.


— Hans Christian Andersen


#life #travel #experience

It doesn't matter if you're born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan's egg!


— Hans Christian Andersen


#beauty #dreams #ducks #empowerment #fairy-tales






About Hans Christian Andersen

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Did you know about Hans Christian Andersen?

The fame of his fairy tales had grown steadily; a second series began in 1838 and a third in 1845. In the book the protagonist meets characters ranging from Saint Peter to a talking cat. It was during 1835 that Andersen publiHans Christian Andersend the first installment of his immortal Fairy Tales (Danish: Eventyr; lit.

Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories—called eventyr or "fantastic tales"—express themes that transcend age and nationality. Although a prolific writer of plays travelogues novels and poems Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales a literary genre he so mastered that he himself has become as mythical as the tales he wrote.

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