Wild animals would not stay in a country where there were so many people. Pa did not like to stay, either. He liked a country where the wild animals lived without being afraid.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERLife begins at eighty.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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It is not the things you have that make you happy. It is love and kindness and helping each other and just plain being good.
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All I have told is true, but it is not the whole truth.
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In order to thoroughly enjoy anything, one must feel the absence of it at times.
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You venture into the unknown land because that is where your heart will take you. In the end, it is not what you want to do, it is something you have to do.
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We heap up around us things that we do not need as the crow makes piles of glittering pebbles.
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Let your joy scream across the pain.
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There’s no great loss without some small gain.
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There is a spirit in every home, a sort of composite spirit composed of the thoughts and feelings of the members of the family as a composite photograph is formed of the features of different individuals.
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Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to find.
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We who live in quiet places have the opportunity to become acquainted with ourselves, to think our own thoughts and live our own lives in a way that is not possible for those keeping up with the crowd.
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The days have never been long enough to do the things I would like to do. Every year has held more of interest than the year before.
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I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and more direct thinking.
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Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?
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If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it’s pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting.
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We go lightheartedly on our way, never thinking that by a careless word or two we may have altered the whole course of human lives, for some person will take our advice and use it.
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