Persons appear to us according to the light we throw upon them from our own minds. -Laura Ingalls Wilder, author (1867-1957)

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.

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

A good laugh overcomes more difficulties and dissipates more dark clouds than any other one thing.

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

But in the east the sky was pale and through the gray woods came lanterns with wagons and horses, bringing Grandpa and Grandma and aunts and uncles and cousins.

The true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the beauty of life lies.

Home is the nicest word there is.

No one has ever achieved anything from the smallest to the greatest unless the dream was dreamed first.

It is the simple things of life that make living worthwhile, the sweet fundamental things such as love and duty, work and rest, and living close to nature.

Courage and kindness, loyalty, truth, and helpfulness are always the same and always needed.

Forgiveness is created by the restitution of the abuser

When a Wanderess has been caged, or perched with her wings clipped, She lives like a Stoic, She lives most heroic, smiling with ruby, moistened lips once her cup of Death is welcome sipped.

When you surround yourself with dramatic people, your life will be full of drama.

This is as 'alone' as I'm likely to get with you - you're not half so fetching as your daughter.

I got every Dan Shaughnessy book known to man.

Love: a single word, a wispy thing, a word no bigger or longer than an edge.

The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have

We must let this town square, which has added a significant dimension to our political process, continue to flourish.

We will go back to playing like Manchester United.

Sanity? Sorry, I don't ever remember having something like that before.