9 Quotes About Little House On The Prairie

The Little House on the Prairie series is one of the best-known examples of the American prairie genre. Set in the mid-19th century, these books illustrate homespun living with a focus on hard work and pioneering spirit. The series also portrays the lives of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s own family and their neighbors in the small, rural town of Walnut Grove, including Laura’s older sister Mary and her husband Almanzo and their children. These books by Laura Ingalls Wilder are timeless classics that will remain great reads for generations to come.

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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. Laura Ingalls Wilder
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So they all went away from the little log house. The shutters were over the windows, so the little house could not see them go. It stayed there inside the log fence, behind the two big oak trees that in the summertime had made green roofs for Mary and Laura to play under. And that was the last of the little house. Laura Ingalls Wilder
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The snug log house looked just as it always had. It did not seem to know they were going away. Laura Ingalls Wilder
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So they all went away from the little log house. The shutters were over the windows, so the little house could not see them go. It stayed there inside the log fence, behind the two big oak trees that in the summertime had made green roofs for Mary and Laura to play under. And that was the last of the little house Laura Ingalls Wilder
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One day in the woods he met an Indian. They stood in the wet, cold woods and looked at each other, and they could not talk because they did not know each other's words Laura Ingalls Wilder
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You can fill a glass full to the brim with milk, and fill another glass of the same size brim full of popcorn, and then you can put all the popcorn kernel by kernel into the milk, and the milk will not run over. You cannot do this with bread. Popcorn and milk are the only two things that will go into the same place. Laura Ingalls Wilder
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One day in the woods he met an Indian. They stood in the wet, cold woods and looked at each other, and they could not talk because they did not know each other's words. Laura Ingalls Wilder
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Cattle did not have to be led to water. They came eagerly to the trough and drank while Almanzo pumped, then they hurried back to the warm barns, and each went to its own place. Each cow turned into her own stall and put her head between her own stanchions. They never made a mistake. Whether this was because they had more sense than horses, or because they had so little sense that they did everything by habit, Father did not know. Laura Ingalls Wilder