“Es ist gut, eine Großmutter zu haben, besonders eine, die Spukgeschichten erzählen kann.”

“Die Uhr ist ein kleines, rundes Ding, das tick-tack sagt und das geht und geht und niemals zur Tür kommt”

“Prawdziwie elegancka dama dłubie w nosie tylko gdy jest całkiem sama.”

“You understand Teacher, don't you, that when you have a mother who's an angel and a father who is a cannibal king, and when you have sailed on the ocean all your whole life, then you don't know just how to behave in school with all the apples and ibexes.”

“Well, well, so you aren't going to be a maidservant this time?" said Pippi, stroking his back. "Oh, that was a lie, that's true," she continued. "But still, if it's true, how can it be a lie?" she argued. "You wait and see, it's going to turn out he was a maidservant in Arabie after all, and if that's the case, I know who's making the meatballs at our house hereafter!”

“But still, if it's true, how can it be a lie?”

“No Fridolf, bother all this learning. I can't study anymore because I must climb the mast to see what kind of weather we're going to have tomorrow.”