Little House On The Prairie Quotes

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  It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Sweet, Real, Simple

  Laura Ingalls Wilder, Stephen W. Hines (1991). “Little house in the Ozarks: a Laura Ingalls Wilder sampler : the rediscovered writings”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• It was always a fantasy of mine growing up - my favorite program was always 'Little House on the Prairie' - so I always wanted to wear those looks. When I was a child, I wouldn't let my mom put me in anything but calico dresses and now... whaddaya know, every day I'm in a calico dress, basically, so it's kind of funny.

  Chloe Sevigny

  Funny, Mom, Children

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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.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Honesty, Good Life, Real

  Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane (1988). “A Little House sampler”, Univ of Nebraska Pr

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• A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Happiness, Laughter, Humor

  Laura Ingalls Wilder, Stephen W. Hines (2008). “Laura Ingalls Wilder, farm journalist: writings from the Ozarks”, University of Missouri

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• The true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the beauty of life lies.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Lying, Everyday Things, Way To Live

  Laura Ingalls Wilder, Yvonne Pope (2006). “Laura Ingalls Wilder's Prairie Wisdom”, p.11, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• Home is the nicest word there is.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Home, Prairie

  "Fictional character: Laura Ingalls". TV Series "Little House on the Prairie" ("A Harvest of Friends", 1974), www.imdb.com. 1974–1983.

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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.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Jobs, Hard Work, Men

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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.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Happiness, Sympathy, Laughter

  "Fictional character: Reverend Robert Alden". TV Series "Little House on the Prairie" ("Remember Me: Part 1", 1975), www.imdb.com. 1974–1983.

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• Remember well, and bear in mind, a constant friend is hard to find.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Mind, Bears, Remember

  Laura Ingalls Wilder, Stephen W. Hines (1991). “Little house in the Ozarks: a Laura Ingalls Wilder sampler : the rediscovered writings”, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• When I was a kid, I lived in this small town way out in the country. We had three TV channels and one radio station. I couldn't even get my hands on good comic books. My aunt, who is a librarian, gave me Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings," Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House on the Prairie," and Lewis's "The Chronicles of Narnia." They were such incredible treasures to have in my somewhat mundane country life.

  Nick Offerman

  Country, Book, Kids

  Source: www.bostonglobe.com

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• A long time ago, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today were little boys and little girls or very small babies, or perhaps not even born, Pa and Ma and Mary and Laura and Baby Carrie left their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Girl, Baby, Grandmother

  Laura Ingalls Wilder (1994). “The Little House Book of Memories”, Harpercollins Childrens Books

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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.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Mind, Battle, Life Is

  Laura Ingalls Wilder (1969). “Little Town on the Prairie”, Scholastic Incorporated

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• She thought to herself, "This is now." She was glad that the cozy house, and Pa and Ma and the firelight and the music, were now. They could not be forgotten, she thought, because now is now. It can never be a long time ago.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Long, House, Cozy

  Laura Ingalls Wilder (2003). “Little House in the Big Woods”, HarperCollins

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• There's no great loss without some small gain.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Loss, Gains, Prairie

  Laura Ingalls Wilder (1971). “The first four years”

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• The only stupid thing about words is the spelling of them.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Stupid, Spelling, Stupid Things

  Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane (1988). “A Little House sampler”, Univ of Nebraska Pr

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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.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Organization, Attention, Trouble

  Laura Ingalls Wilder (1969). “Little Town on the Prairie”, Scholastic Incorporated

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• Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Eye, Fever, Blind

  Laura Ingalls Wilder (1953). “By the Shores of Silver Lake”

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• But in the east the sky was pale and through the gray woods came lanterns with wagons and horses, bringing Grandpa and Grandma and aunts and uncles and cousins.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Easter, Cousin, Horse

  Laura Ingalls Wilder (200?). “The little house treasury”

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• You might be a redneck if you watch Little House on the Prairie for decorating tips.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Redneck, House, Watches

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• When the fiddle had stopped singing Laura called out softly, "What are days of auld lang syne, Pa?" "They are the days of a long time ago, Laura," Pa said. "Go to sleep, now." But Laura lay awake a little while, listening to Pa's fiddle softly playing and to the lonely sound of the wind in the Big Woods,… She was glad that the cozy house, and Pa and Ma and the firelight and the music, were now. They could not be forgotten, she thought, because now is now. It can never be a long time ago.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Lonely, Sleep, Wind

  Laura Ingalls Wilder (2003). “Little House in the Big Woods”, HarperCollins

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• There is no comfort anywhere for anyone who dreads to go home.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Home, Comfort, Dread

  Laura Ingalls Wilder (1969). “Little Town on the Prairie”, Scholastic Incorporated

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• I think every parent knows that, like, boys and girls are different. And we just dont take that into account in schools on those things like required reading lists. Cause that was my experience, say, with my son, who had to read Little House on the Prairie when he was in third grade.

  Jon Scieszka

  Girl, Reading, School

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• My parents gave up a lot to bring me up in the little house on the prairie, and I wasn't prepared to make those sacrifices, nor was the generation before me and the generation after.

  Tony Parsons

  Sacrifice, Parent, House

  "Punk turns new romantic" by Tony Parsons, www.theguardian.com. June 27, 1999.

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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.

  Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Tables And Chairs, House, Bed

  Laura Ingalls Wilder (200?). “The little house treasury”

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• Don't ask me about emotions in the Welsh dressing room. I'm someone who cries when he watches Little House on the Prairie.

  Bob Norster

  House, Rooms, Watches

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