How far I've come! I'm the same girl and yet not the same. I wonder if it's always like that? Folks keep growing from one person into another all their lives, and life is just a lot of everyday adventures. Well, whatever life is, I like it.
Carol Ryrie BrinkIf at first you don't fricassee, Fry, fry a hen!
Carol Ryrie BrinkIt's a strange thing, but somehow we expect more of girls than of boys. It is the sisters and wives and mothers, you know, Caddie, who keep the world sweet and beautiful. What a rough world it would be if there were only men and boys in it, doing things in their rough way! A woman's task is to teach them gentleness and courtesy and love and kindness. It's a big task, too, Caddie--harder than cutting trees or building mills or damming rivers. It takes nerve and courage and patience, but good women have those things. They have them just as much as the men who build bridges and carve roads through the wilderness. A woman's work is something fine and noble to grow up to, and it is just as important as a man's.
Carol Ryrie BrinkIt was a hard struggle, but what I have in life I have earned with my own hands. I have done well, and I have an honest man's honest pride. I want no lands and honors which I have not won by my own good sense and industry.
Carol Ryrie BrinkShe was on a real, grown-up adventure, no matter how badly it should turn out.
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. . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes on at the end of an outdoor day.
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. . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes one at the end of an outdoor day.
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No," said Father. "Just do the best you can and don't let it worry you. In that way you'll have a clear conscience and a tranquil heart.
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The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.
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To celebrate the Fourth of July meant something definite in those days.
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