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 WILDERHer 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.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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Let your joy scream across the pain.
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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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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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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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Vices are simply overworked virtues.
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In order to thoroughly enjoy anything, one must feel the absence of it at times.
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These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary’s eyes, and Mary was blind.
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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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The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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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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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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It is not the things you have that make you happy. It is love and kindness and helping each other and just plain being good.
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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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