Virginia Lee Burton quotes
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“The Little House was very happy as she sat on the hill and watched the countryside around her. She watched the sun rise in the morning and she watched the sun set in the evening. Day followed day, each one a little different from the one before . . . but the Little House stayed just the same.”
-- Virginia Lee BurtonSource : Virginia Lee Burton (2002). “Mike Mulligan and More: A Virginia Lee Burton Treasury”, p.72, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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“As the Little House settled down on her new foundation, she smiled happily. Once again she could watch the sun and moon and stars. Once again she could watch Spring and Summer and Fall and Winter come and go. Once again she was lived in and taken care of. Never again would she be curious about the city... Never again would she want to live there... The stars twinkled above her... A new moon was coming up... It was Spring... And all was quiet and peaceful in the country.”
-- Virginia Lee Burton
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“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
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“Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly.”
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“May I a small house and large garden have; And a few friends, And many books, both true.”
Source : Abraham Cowley, A. R. Waller (2014). “Poems”, p.88, Cambridge University Press
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