Uuno Kailas

, born Frans Uno Salonen (29 March 1901 – 22 March 1933) was a Finnish poet, author, and translator.

Quotes

 * There are lots of words -
 * the words are alive
 * and I can see them.
 * Some are ugly and others are beautiful.


 * Mother is a very sweet word - the best word.
 * It tastes very much like a little kiss.
 * Father is a nice word too,
 * but sometimes thunder gathers in it
 * and then you'd better sneak behind the door to hide.
 * Uuno Kailas, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas (trans) "The words," (original title "Runoja," 1932); in: Tove Skutnabb-Kangas. Bilingualism Or Not: The Education of Minorities. 1981, p. 43


 * The border cracks open facing Asia and the East.
 * With the West and Europe behind me,
 * I, the guard, protect it.
 * Uuno Kailas, cited in: Mikael af Malmborg, ‎Bo Stråth (2002), The Meaning of Europe, p. 157