Did you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?
LAURA INGALLS WILDERWhen Pa was at home the gun always lay across those two wooden hooks above the door. … The gun was always loaded, and always above the door so that Pa could get it quickly and easily, any time he needed a gun.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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We had no choice. Sadness was a dangerous as panthers and bears. the wilderness needs your whole attention.
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These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.
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The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they’re organized for.
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All those golden autumn days the sky was full of wings. Wings beating low over the blue water of Silver Lake, wings beating high in the blue air far above it bearing them all away to the green fields in the South.
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The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.
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The true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the beauty of life lies.
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The sweetness of life lies in usefulness, like honey deep in the heart of a clover bloom.
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We must get rid of the habit of classing all women together politically and thinking of the ‘woman’s vote’ as one and indivisible.
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It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
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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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There is no comfort anywhere for anyone who dreads to go home.
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Home is the nicest word there is.
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This earthly life is a battle,’ said Ma. ‘If it isn’t one thing to contend with, it’s another. It always has been so, and it always will be. The sooner you make up your mind to that, the better off you are, and more thankful for your pleasures.
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Life begins at eighty.
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