Tristan Lanouette

“Pa straightened up. His dim eyes brightened with a fierce light, not like the twinkle Laura had always seen in them. “But I do know this, Caroline,” he said. “No pesky mess of grasshoppers can beat us! We’ll do something! You’ll see! We’ll get along somehow.”

“Yes, Charles,” said Ma.

“Why not?” said Pa. “We’re healthy, we’ve got a roof over our heads; we’re better off than lots of folks. You get an early dinner, Caroline. I’m going to town. I’ll find something to do. Don’t you worry!”
― Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek

“If you can't prove your freedom in the nanosecond before you spilled rage out of your lips, you have proven your bondage.”
― Randy Loubier, Slow Brewing Tea

“One word can sometimes be sharper than a thousand swords”
― Mildred D. Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

“You have to be out of your mind. What kind of clinic lets people operate on themselves?” “Well, Suture Self.”
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― Steve Bates, Back To You