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Quote by Gene Stratton-Porter

“Be sure that you are right; and then go ahead.”

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Gene Stratton-Porter was an American author known for her naturalist literature. Her works often feature the natural landscapes of Indiana, showcasing rich ecological details and a profound understanding of nature. more

“One feature about Los Angeles that I particularly love is the chance for association with all kinds of creative artists, a thing I never before have had. I certainly do love a number of the writers, the painters, the musicians, and the sculptors that I meet here. ... Next to the sunshine, I appreciate it the most of anything in California.”

Kind Artist Next Chance Love Is Numbers Creative Musician Appreciate All Kinds Painter California Features Sunshine Los Angeles Association Sculptors Creative Art Creative Artists

Author:Gene Stratton-Porter

“Of two evils, I always choose the lesser.”

Two Evil Two Evils

Author:Gene Stratton-Porter

“To my way of thinking and working, the greatest service a piece of fiction can do any reader is to force him to lay it down with a higher ideal of life than he had when he took it up.”

Thinking Way Force Can Do Fiction Pieces Reader Higher Ideals Lays My Way Way Of Thinking

Author:Gene Stratton-Porter

“the friend in need is the one who is the friend in deed; ... if people were not friends in need, there was every likelihood that they never would be friends again in any conditions that might obtain.”

People Ifs Needs Might Would Be Conditions Friends Deeds Likelihood Not Friends Friend In Need Friends Again

Book:The White Flag

Source: The White Flag

“When any man accumulates more than he can earn with his own hands, he begins to enrich himself at the expense of the youth, the sweat, the blood, the joy of his fellow men.”

Men Hands Joy Blood Youth Fellows Greed Expenses Sweat Fellow Man

Book:Wonder, Hope, Love, and Loss: The Selected Novels of Gene Stratton-Porter

Source: Wonder, Hope, Love, and Loss: The Selected Novels of Gene Stratton-Porter

“Now what is a guest? A thing of a day! A person who disturbs your routine and interferes with important concerns. Why should any one be grateful for company? Why should time and money be lavished on visitors? They come. You overwork yourself. They go. You are glad of it. You return the visit, because it's the only way to have back at them.”

Way Should Persons Important Company Return Concern Grateful Glad Routine Guests Interfere Be Grateful Hospitality Visitors Time And Money Overwork

Book:Gene Stratton-Porter Collection: A Girl of the Limberlost, Freckles, Laddie, The Harvester, A Daughter of the Land, At the Foot of the Rainbow, Her Fatther's Daughter, Michale O'Halloran

Source: Gene Stratton-Porter Collection: A Girl of the Limberlost, Freckles, Laddie, The Harvester, A Daughter of the Land, At the Foot of the Rainbow, Her Fatther's Daughter, Michale O'Halloran

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