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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Home is the nicest word there is.

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