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.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERHome is the nicest word there is.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.
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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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Home is the nicest word there is.
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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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Many a good beginning makes a bad ending.
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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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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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I understood….that in my own life I represented a whole period of American history.
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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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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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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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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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We’d never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.
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Courage and kindness, loyalty, truth, and helpfulness are always the same and always needed.
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