Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.

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.

[On dishonesty:] If there were a cry of 'stop thief!' we would all stand still.

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

We'd never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.

So they all went away from the little log house. The shutters were over the windows, so the little house could not see them go. It stayed there inside the log fence, behind the two big oak trees that in the summertime had made green roofs for Mary and Laura to play under.

When Pa was at home the gun always lay across those two wooden hooks above the door. ... The gun was always loaded, and always above the door so that Pa could get it quickly and easily, any time he needed a gun.