Kate Douglas Wiggin - New Chronicles of Rebecca (1907)

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We had the wrath of God four times in sermons this last summer, but God cannot be angry all the time, — nobody could, especially in summer.

Kate Douglas Wiggin

From her earliest childhood words had always been to her what dolls and toys are to other children.... a beautiful word or sentence had the same effect upon her imagination as a fragrant nosegay, a strain of music, or a brilliant sunset.

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There is a kind of magicness about going far away and then coming back all changed.

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Father doesn't think very sudden, but he thinks awful strong.

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Her life had not been pressed down full to the brim of pleasures, and she had a sort of distrust of joy in the bud. Not until she saw it in full radiance of bloom did she dare embrace it.

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'Come close! Look at mother! Is she better — or is she dead?'... 'She is better!' he said gently, 'and she is dead.'

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To make my diary a little different I am going to call it a Thought Book... I have thoughts that I never can use unless I write them down, for Aunt Miranda always says, Keep your thoughts to yourself.

Kate Douglas Wiggin

You can never prove God; you can only find Him!

Kate Douglas Wiggin