“There was no time to lose, no time to waste in rest or play. The life of the earth comes up with a rush in the springtime.”
More from Laura Ingalls Wilder
“Politicians, they take pleasure a-prying into a man's affairs and I aimed to please 'em.”
“So to the end when life’s dim shadows fall, Love will be found the sweetest song of all.”
“The candle-light was dim, as though the darkness were trying to put it out.”
“It was so wonderful to be there, safe at home, sheltered from the winds and the cold.…”