Laura felt a warmth inside her. It was very small, but it was strong. It was steady, like a tiny light in the dark, and it burned very low but no winds could make it flicker because it would not give up.

There is nothing wrong with God's plan that man should earn his bread by the sweat of his brow.

Many a good beginning makes a bad ending.

Vices are simply overworked virtues.

People used to have time to live and enjoy themselves, but there is no time anymore for anything but work, work, work.

They drove a long way through the snowy woods, till they came to the town of Pepin. Mary and Laura had seen it once before, but it looked different now.

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