Mary Mapes Dodge quotes
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“Grandma told me all about it, Told me so I couldn't doubt it, How she danced, my grandma danced; long ago....”
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“[On the Netherlands:] There is not a richer or more carefully tilled garden spot in the whole world than this leaky, springy little country.”
-- Mary Mapes DodgeSource : Mary Mapes Dodge (1875). “Hans Brinker: Or, The Silver Skates, a Story of Life in Holland”, p.34
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“[On The Netherlands:] ... the entire country is a kind of saturated sponge ...”
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“Ten years dropped from a man's life are no small loss; ten years of manhood, of household happiness and care; ten years of honest labor, of conscious enjoyment of sunshine and outdoor beauty; ten years of grateful life--one day looking forward to all this; the next, waking to find them passed, and a blank.”
-- Mary Mapes DodgeSource : Mary Mapes Dodge (1866). “Hans Brinker: Or, The Silver Skates, a Story of Life in Holland”, p.262
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“I'm as true a Protestant, in sooth, as any fine lady that walks into church, but it's not wrong to turn sometimes to the good St. Nicholas.”
-- Mary Mapes DodgeSource : Mary Mapes Dodge (1875). “Hans Brinker: Or, The Silver Skates, a Story of Life in Holland”, p.59
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“But I believe that God is overheadAnd as life is to the living, so death is to the dead.”
-- Mary Mapes DodgeSource : MARY MAPES DODGE (1879). “ALONG THE WAY”
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“But when a snowflake, brave and meek,Lights on a rosy maiden's cheek,It starts-"How warm and soft the day!""'T is summer!" and it melts away.”
-- Mary Mapes DodgeSource : Mary Mapes Dodge (1894). “When Life is Young: A Collection of Verse for Boys and Girls”
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“Whenever a snowflake leaves the sky,It turns and turns to say "Good-by!Good-by, dear clouds, so cool and gray!"Then lightly travels on its way.”
-- Mary Mapes DodgeSource : Mary Mapes Dodge (1894). “When Life is Young: A Collection of Verse for Boys and Girls”
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“Now the noisy winds are still; April's coming up the hill! All the spring is in her train, Led by shining ranks of rain; Pit, pat, patter, clatter, Sudden sun and clatter patter!... All things ready with a will, April's coming up the hill!”
-- Mary Mapes DodgeSource : Mary Mapes Dodge (1879). “Along the Way”
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“She waits for me, my lady Earth, Smiles and waits and sighs; I'll say her nay, and hide away, Then take her by surprise.”
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“What a dreadful thing it must be to have a dull father.”
-- Mary Mapes DodgeSource : Mary Mapes Dodge (2012). “Hans Brinker”, p.163, Simon and Schuster
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“Life is a mystery as deep as ever death can be.”
-- Mary Mapes DodgeSource : MARY MAPES DODGE (1879). “ALONG THE WAY”
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“Luxuries unfit us for returning to hardships easily endured before.”
-- Mary Mapes DodgeSource : Mary Mapes Dodge (2012). “Hans Brinker”, p.205, Simon and Schuster
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