Mary Mapes Dodge Quotes

• Luxuries unfit us for returning to hardships easily endured before.

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  Luxury, Hardship

  Mary Mapes Dodge (2012). “Hans Brinker”, p.205, Simon and Schuster

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• Life is a mystery as deep as ever death can be.

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  Memorable, Mystery, Life Is

  MARY MAPES DODGE (1879). “ALONG THE WAY”

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• What a dreadful thing it must be to have a dull father.

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  Fathers Day, Father, Dull

  Mary Mapes Dodge (2012). “Hans Brinker”, p.163, Simon and Schuster

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• [On the Netherlands:] There is not a richer or more carefully tilled garden spot in the whole world than this leaky, springy little country.

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  Country, Garden, Europe

  Mary Mapes Dodge (1875). “Hans Brinker: Or, The Silver Skates, a Story of Life in Holland”, p.34

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• Now the noisy winds are still; April's coming up the hill! All the spring is in her train, Led by shining ranks of rain; Pit, pat, patter, clatter, Sudden sun and clatter patter!... All things ready with a will, April's coming up the hill!

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  Spring, Rain, Wind

  Mary Mapes Dodge (1879). “Along the Way”

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• Ten years dropped from a man's life are no small loss; ten years of manhood, of household happiness and care; ten years of honest labor, of conscious enjoyment of sunshine and outdoor beauty; ten years of grateful life--one day looking forward to all this; the next, waking to find them passed, and a blank.

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  Grateful, Sunshine, Loss

  Mary Mapes Dodge (1866). “Hans Brinker: Or, The Silver Skates, a Story of Life in Holland”, p.262

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• Grandma told me all about it, Told me so I couldn't doubt it, How she danced, my grandma danced; long ago.

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  Grandma, Long Ago, Grandparent

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• [On The Netherlands:] ... the entire country is a kind of saturated sponge.

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  Country, Europe, Netherlands

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• I'm as true a Protestant, in sooth, as any fine lady that walks into church, but it's not wrong to turn sometimes to the good St. Nicholas.

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  Church, Sometimes, Fine

  Mary Mapes Dodge (1875). “Hans Brinker: Or, The Silver Skates, a Story of Life in Holland”, p.59

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• Whenever a snowflake leaves the sky,It turns and turns to say "Good-by!Good-by, dear clouds, so cool and gray!"Then lightly travels on its way.

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  Clouds, Sky, Way

  Mary Mapes Dodge (1894). “When Life is Young: A Collection of Verse for Boys and Girls”

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• She waits for me, my lady Earth, Smiles and waits and sighs; I'll say her nay, and hide away, Then take her by surprise.

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  Waiting, Earth, Surprise

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• But when a snowflake, brave and meek,Lights on a rosy maiden's cheek,It starts-"How warm and soft the day!""'T is summer!" and it melts away.

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  Summer, Light, Brave

  Mary Mapes Dodge (1894). “When Life is Young: A Collection of Verse for Boys and Girls”

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• But I believe that God is overheadAnd as life is to the living, so death is to the dead.

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  Believe, I Believe, Life Is

  MARY MAPES DODGE (1879). “ALONG THE WAY”

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