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Laura Ingalls Wilder

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American writer, famous for her Little House on the Prairie series, which tells the story of her growth experience in the Midwest of the United States in the 19th century. Her works have won the hearts of readers and had a profound impact on later generations.

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Famous Laura Ingalls Wilder Quotes

“Her blue eyes were still beautiful, but they did not know what was before them, and Mary herself could never look through them again to tell Laura what she was thinking without saying a word.”

Thinking Knows Looks Stills Eye Beautiful Blue Mary Blue Eyes Laura

Book:By the Shores of Silver Lake

Source: By the Shores of Silver Lake

“A long time ago, when all the grandfathers and grandmothers of today were little boys and little girls or very small babies, or perhaps not even born, Pa and Ma and Mary and Laura and Baby Carrie left their little house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin.”

Source: The Little House Book of Memories

“Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.”

Eye Worst Blind Mary Fever Little House On The Prairie

Book:By the Shores of Silver Lake

Source: By the Shores of Silver Lake

“Mary and Carrie and baby Grace and Ma had all had scarlet fever. The Nelsons across the creek had had it too, so there had been no one to help Pa and Laura.”

Helping Grace Baby Carrie Mary Fever Nelson Scarlet Baby Girl Creeks Laura

Book:By the Shores of Silver Lake

Source: By the Shores of Silver Lake

“So they all went away from the little log house. The shutters were over the windows, so the little house could not see them go. It stayed there inside the log fence, behind the two big oak trees that in the summertime had made green roofs for Mary and Laura to play under.”

Littles Made Two Play Bigs House Behinds Tree Window Green Mary Roof Fence Oaks Summertime Shutters Laura Oak Tree

Book:The Little House Book of Memories

Source: The Little House Book of Memories

“They drove a long way through the snowy woods, till they came to the town of Pepin. Mary and Laura had seen it once before, but it looked different now.”

Way Long Different Towns Woods Mary Long Way Laura Snowy

Book:The little house treasury

Source: The little house treasury

About the Author

Born: February 7, 1867
Died: February 10, 1957
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 117

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Little house in the Ozarks: a Laura Ingalls Wilder sampler : the rediscovered writingsRelated source material

Laura Ingalls Wilder, farm journalist: writings from the OzarksRelated source material

By the Shores of Silver LakeRelated source material

The little house treasuryRelated source material

Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder - Volume One: On Wisdom and VirtuesRelated source material

Farmer BoyRelated source material

Little House in the Big WoodsRelated source material

A Little House samplerRelated source material

Little Town on the PrairieRelated source material

These Happy Golden YearsRelated source material

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