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Bess Streeter Aldrich was an American author born on February 17, 1881, and died on August 3, 1954. Known for her depiction of rural life in the American Midwest, her works, such as 'The Little City', have become classics of American literature.

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“Except for our higher order of minds we are like the little moles under the earth carrying out blindly the work of digging, thinking our own dark passage-ways constitute all there is to the world.”

Thinking World Way Mind Littles Earth Order Dark Perspective Higher Passages Digging Moles

Book:Spring Came on Forever

Source: Spring Came on Forever

“It was true, she thought, that the big things awe us but the little things touch us.”

Littles Bigs Awe Little Things Big Things

Book:A White Bird Flying

Source: A White Bird Flying

“Katherine it was who took upon herself the complete charge of [Junior's] speech. Not an insignificant "have went" nor an infinitesimal "I seen" ever escaped the keen ears of his eldest sister, who immediately corrected him. Mother sometimes thought Katherine a little severe when, in the interest of proper speaking, she would stop him in the midst of an exciting account of a home-run. There were times, thought Mother, when the spirit of the thing was so much more important than the flesh in which it was clothed.”

Littles Important Sometimes Home Running Spirit Mother Interest Speech Ears Accounts Exciting Flesh Midst Severe Insignificant Juniors Home Run Eldest

Book:The Collected Short Works, 1920-1954

Source: The Collected Short Works, 1920-1954

About the Author

Born: February 17, 1881
Died: August 3, 1954
Known for: Author
Quotes: 34

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