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.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERThese happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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No rich man can walk through the eye of a needle.
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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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Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
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This earthly life is a battle,’ said Ma. ‘If it isn’t one thing to contend with, it’s another. It always has been so, and it always will be. The sooner you make up your mind to that, the better off you are, and more thankful for your pleasures.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary’s eyes, and Mary was blind.
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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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We had no choice. Sadness was a dangerous as panthers and bears. the wilderness needs your whole attention.
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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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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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We heap up around us things that we do not need as the crow makes piles of glittering pebbles.
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Home is the nicest word there is.
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It is a good idea sometimes to think of the importance and dignity of our every-day duties. It keeps them from being so tiresome; besides, others are apt take us at our own valuation.
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Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
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There’s no great loss without some small gain.
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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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