Her blue eyes were still beautiful, but they did not know what was before them, and Mary herself could never look through them again to tell Laura what she was thinking without saying a word.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERThat which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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Why should we need extra time in which to enjoy ourselves? If we expect to enjoy our life, we will have to learn to be joyful in all of it, not just at stated intervals when we can get time or when we have nothing else to do.
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Let your joy scream across the pain.
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Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?
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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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Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
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Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I’ll remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don’t remember me at all.
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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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No rich man can walk through the eye of a needle.
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If the members of a home are ill-temperered and quarrelsome, how quickly you feel it when you enter the house. You may not know just what is wrong, but you wish to make your visit short.
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That which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.
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We’d never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.
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The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to find.
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In these days when we feed those who are not hungry, we are stealing from those who are starving, even though the food is our own.
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Courage and kindness, loyalty, truth, and helpfulness are always the same and always needed.
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