I understood….that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERWe must get rid of the habit of classing all women together politically and thinking of the ‘woman’s vote’ as one and indivisible.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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In order to thoroughly enjoy anything, one must feel the absence of it at times.
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Let your joy scream across the pain.
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These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves — they’re good to have but the trouble is, folks get to depend on ’em.
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No rich man can walk through the eye of a needle.
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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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A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.
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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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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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Many a good beginning makes a bad ending.
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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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We heap up around us things that we do not need as the crow makes piles of glittering pebbles.
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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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Never bet your money on another man’s game.
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Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell.
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The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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