There is no comfort anywhere for anyone who dreads to go home.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERWe 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.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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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.
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Once you begin being naughty, it is easier to go and on and on, and sooner or later something dreadful happens.
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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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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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Her blue eyes were still beautiful, but they did not know what was before them, and Mary herself could never look through them again to tell Laura what she was thinking without saying a word.
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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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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That’s a gift that you have received from God. Don’t waste it.
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Courage and kindness, loyalty, truth, and helpfulness are always the same and always needed.
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Let your joy scream across the pain.
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The days have never been long enough to do the things I would like to do. Every year has held more of interest than the year before.
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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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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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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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