Everything from the little house was in the wagon, except the beds and tables and chairs. They did not need to take these, because Pa could always make new ones.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERThe world seems a lonesome place when mother has passed away and only memories of her are left.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.
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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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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary’s eyes, and Mary was blind.
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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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We’d never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.
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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.
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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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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That’s a gift that you have received from God. Don’t waste it.
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That which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.
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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 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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It is a good idea sometimes to think of the importance and dignity of our every-day duties. It keeps them from being so tiresome; besides, others are apt take us at our own valuation.
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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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The uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers.
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There is nothing wrong with God’s plan that man should earn his bread by the sweat of his brow.
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