When 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.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERThe only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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There is no comfort anywhere for anyone who dreads to go home.
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Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
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The object of all education is to make folks fit to live.
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People used to have time to live and enjoy themselves, but there is no time anymore for anything but work, work, work.
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The uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers.
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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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The world seems a lonesome place when mother has passed away and only memories of her are left.
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It is the simple things of life that make living worthwhile, the sweet fundamental things such as love and duty, work and rest, and living close to nature.
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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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That which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.
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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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A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.
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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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Let your joy scream across the pain.
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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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