"I think the smell of horses is the most exciting smell in the world."
The Changeling, Zolpha Keatley Snyder, 1970.
Thoughtful Sunday
"'Music does put heart in a body,' said Papa."
Little House on Rocky Ridge, Roger Lea MacBride, 1993.
Thoughtful Sunday
(M after completing a long and successful day at regional solo and ensemble competition yesterday)
"His heart will get heavy when his songs are all gone."
"How They Broke Away to Go to the Rootabaga Country," Rootabaga Stories, Carl Sandburg, 1922.
Thoughtful Sunday
"You won't be thinking of Christmas when spring finally rolls around and the sap rises in the trees, but the syrup you'll have on your Christmas breakfast must be made now. The potatoes and corn for your Christmas feast must be weeded all summer, and the apples for your Christmas pies must be picked in the fall. You see, to have a Christmas like Helen's, you'll need to work that land all year long, and know that hill farm in all its seasons."
A Christmas Like Helen's, Natalie Kinsey-Warnock 2004.
Thoughtful Sunday
"Remember how happy you were when the magic of Christmas entered your hearts?"
The Christmas Witch, Steven Kellogg, 1992
Thoughtful Sunday
"All the animals followed as Santa Claus ran off toward his house. He didn't even look tired anymore, becaue he had remembered how much fun his work was going to be."
Santa's Favorite Story, Hisako Aoki, 1997.
Thoughtful Sunday
(someone is graduating to an electric machine)
"I think I can. I think I can. I think I can.”
The Little Engine That Could, Watty Piper, 1930.
Thoughtful Sunday
"When the sun went down In the great green field, The big cow lowed, The little pig squealed."
Big Red Barn, Margaret Wise Brown, 1956.
Thoughtful Sunday
"I think I understand," said the goat.
"The sun doesn't come up because the cock crows, the cock crows because the sun comes up."
"Pooh!" said the cow. "ANYBODY can do THAT."
Little Peep, Jack Kent, 1981
Thoughtful Sunday
"Nothing keeps you from learning."
The Long Winter, Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1940.
Thoughtful Sunday
"He had found out that the harder it was to do something, the more comfortable he felt after he had done it."
The Door in the Wall, Marguerite de Angeli, 1949.
Thoughtful Sunday
"Everything is somewhere."
Everything is Somewhere, Mircea Vasiliu, 1959.
Thoughtful Sunday
"It was the kind of laughter that caught like brairs in her chest and felt very much like pain."
Lyddie, Katherine Paterson, 1991
Thoughtful Sunday
" Plato said all science begins with astonishment."
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly 2009
Thoughtful Sunday - Tickled Pink
"The table was decorated with pink tulips, a pink tablecloth, pink candles, pink napkins, and pink nut dishes. The main course was a maraschino cherry, walnut, marshmallow, pineapple, strawberry, cream cheese and cabbage molded salad, accompanied by pink biscuits. There were also pink mints and pink gumdrops. And luckiest of all, Mrs Harroway just happened to be dressed entirely in pink with even pink gloves and pink roses in her hat."
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Farm, Betty MacDonald, 1954.
Thoughtful Sunday
"We often speak of a family circle, but there are none too many of them. Parallel lines never meeting, squares, triangles... these and other geometrical figures abound, but circles are comparatively few."
Mother Carey's Chickens, Kate Douglas Wiggin, 1911.
Thoughtful Sunday
"And when I put on longer skirts I shall feel that I have to live up to them and be very dignified. It won't even do to believe in fairies then, I'm afraid; so I'm going to believe in them with all my whole heart this summer."
Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery, 1908.
Thoughtful Sunday
"Youth has nothing to to with birthdays, only with alivedness of spirit, so even if your hair is grey, Daddy, you can still be a boy."
Daddy-Long-Legs, Jean Webster, 1912.
Thoughtful Sunday
"I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustained I am, the more I will respect myself."
Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte, 1847.
Thoughtful Sunday
The Princess looked at her more closely. “Tell me," she resumed, “are you of royal blood?''
“Better than that, ma'am,” said Dorothy. “I came from Kansas.'"
Ozma of Oz, Frank Baum, 1907.
