Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time.
LAURA INGALLS WILDERFar worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary’s eyes, and Mary was blind.
More Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes
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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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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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Life begins at eighty.
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These happy golden years are passing by, these happy golden years.
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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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Let your joy scream across the pain.
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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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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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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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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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There is nothing wrong with God’s plan that man should earn his bread by the sweat of his brow.
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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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The wilderness needs your whole attention.
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In these days when we feed those who are not hungry, we are stealing from those who are starving, even though the food is our own.
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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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