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Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes

1867–1957 United States

Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (7 February 1867 – 10 February 1957) was an American writer, most famous for the Little House series of children's novels based on her childhood in a pioneer family.

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Also known as: Little Town on the Prairie

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I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.

There's no great loss without some small gain.

Little Town on the Prairie (1941)

Now is now. It can never be a long time ago.

Little House in the Big Woods (1932)

The real things haven't changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.

Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don't remember me at all.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Laura Ingalls Wilder (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.