Laura Ingalls Wilder

Wild animals would not stay in a country where there were so many people. Pa did not like to stay, either. He liked a country where the wild animals lived without being afraid.

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

Every job is good if you do your best and work hard. A man who works hard stinks only to the ones that have nothing to do but smell.

The Parthenon without the marbles is like a smile with a tooth missing.

Our revenge will be the laughter of our children.

I do think my old fella wasn't much of a... I don't remember him ever being a 'dad' dad. He was too busy working. It was a hard life, man.