We heap up around us things that we do not need as the crow makes piles of glittering pebbles.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERDid you ever think how a bit of land shows the character of the owner?
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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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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These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.
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Never bet your money on another man’s game.
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Money hasn’t any value of its own; it represents the stored up energy of men and women and is really just someone’s promise to pay a certain amount of that energy.
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Let your joy scream across the pain.
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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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That which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.
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Wild animals would not stay in a country where there were so many people. Pa did not like to stay, either. He liked a country where the wild animals lived without being afraid.
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The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.
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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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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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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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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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It does not so much matter what happens. It is what one does when it happens that really counts.
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There’s no great loss without some small gain.
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