"The world is full of happiness, and plenty to go round, if you are only willing to take the kind that comes your way. The whole secret is in being pliable."
Daddy-Long-Legs, Jean Webster, 1912
Thoughtful Sunday
"Expect everything I always say, and the unexpected never happens."
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster, 1961
Thoughtful Sunday
"Sometimes it seems to me that every time a new piece of machinery comes into the door some of our wits fly out at the window."
Understood Betsy, Dorothy Canfield, 1916.
Thoughtful Sunday
"Marilla, isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?"
Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Maud Montgomery, 1908
Thoughtful Sunday
"Little Rabbit, being with you is the best gift of all."
Shall I Knit You a Hat? a Christmas Yarn, Kate Klise, 2004.
Thoughtful Sunday
"They had never even thought of such a thing as having a penny. Think of having a whole penny for your very own. Think of having a cup and a cake and a stick of candy and a penny.There had never been such a Christmas."
Little House on the Prairie, Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1935.
Thoughtful Sunday
"'Maybe Christmas,' he thought, 'doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more!'"
How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Dr. Seuss, 1957
Thoughtful Sunday
"Today is gone. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one."
One fish two fish red fish blue fish, Dr. Seuss, 1960
Thoughtful Sunday
"I assure you that you can pick up more information when you are listening than when you are talking."The Trumpet of the Swan, E. B. White, 1970
Thoughtful Sunday
"Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom."
The Trumpet of the Swan, E. B. White, 1970
Thoughtful Sunday
"True friends never owe each other anything."
Bear Circus, William Pene du Bois, 1971
Thoughtful Sunday
"I have no time to grow old... I am too busy for that. It is very idle to grow old."
"The Golden Key," Dealings with the Fairies, George MacDonald, 1867
Thoughtful Sunday
(photo: B and M on Lake Superior, August 2004)
"Are we not, all of us, wand'rers and strangers; and do we not, all of us, travel in danger or voyage uncharted seas?"
A Gathering of Days, Joan W. Blos, 1979
Thoughtful Sunday
(photo: my mother at age 2)
"What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?"
Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, 1868
Thoughtful Sunday 7
"If a flower blooms once, it goes on blooming somewhere forever. It blooms on for whoever has seen it blooming."
Sounder, William H. Armstrong, 1969
Thoughtful Sunday 6
"I can think better if I think alone."
Charlotte's Web, E. B. White, 1952
Thoughtful Sunday 5
"You must have a garden. Wherever you are."
Sarah, Plain and Tall, Patricia MacLachlan, 1985
Thoughtful Sunday 4
"All doors are hard to unlock until you have the key."
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Robert C. O'Brien, 1971
Thoughtful Sunday
"The whole world is full of things, and somebody has to look for them."
Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren, 1950
Thoughtful Sunday
"So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible."
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster, 1961
