There the wild animals wandered and fed as though they were in a pasture that stretched much farther than a man could see, and there were no settlers. Only Indians lived there.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERAll I have told is true, but it is not the whole truth.
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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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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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.
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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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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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These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.
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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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No one has ever achieved anything from the smallest to the greatest unless the dream was dreamed first.
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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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There is no comfort anywhere for anyone who dreads to go home.
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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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I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and more direct thinking.
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All I have told is true, but it is not the whole truth.
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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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