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“The person who keeps looking ahead for happiness is on the way to miss it, no matter how anxious and eager she is. The person who looks around for chances of making other people happy and carries them out, cannot escape being happy.”
― Dan L. White, The Long Hard Winter of 1880-81: What was it Really Like?

“the cosy house, and Pa and Ma and the fire-light and the music, were now. They could not be forgotten, she thought, because now is now. It can never be a long time ago.”
― Dan L. White, The Real Laura Ingalls: Who was Real, What was Real, on Her Prairie TV Show

“As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be particularly grateful. They are the things that fill our lives with comfort and our hearts with gladness–just the pure air to breathe and the strength to breathe it; just warmth and shelter and home folks; just plain food that gives us strength; the bright sunshine on a cold day and a cool breeze when the day is warm.”
― Dan L. White, The Real Laura Ingalls: Who was Real, What was Real, on Her Prairie TV Show

“Peggy Dennis said, “Almanzo had white”
― Dan L. White, Laura's Love Story: The lifetime love of Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder