There is no comfort anywhere for anyone who dreads to go home.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERWhen 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.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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The uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers.
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I believe we would be happier to have a personal revolution in our individual lives and go back to simpler living and more direct thinking.
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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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The uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers. No one ever overcomes difficulties by going at them in a hesitant, doubtful way.
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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 only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.
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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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Let your joy scream across the pain.
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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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Some old-fashioned things like fresh air and sunshine are hard to beat.
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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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The object of all education is to make folks fit to live.
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Home is the nicest word there is.
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Vices are simply overworked virtues.
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Tact does for life just what lubricating oil does for machinery.
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