"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."

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Source : Virginia Lee Burton (2002). “Mike Mulligan and More: A Virginia Lee Burton Treasury”, p.72, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Virginia Lee Burton

#Happiness Quotes #Morning Quotes #House Quotes

“Loving truth and living honestly is my attitude to life. Be true to yourself and be true to others, thus you can be the judge of your behavior.”

Source : "Living legend: Ba Jin". "News Guangdong", November 26, 2003.
“Even as a child back in Indiana, whenever I took a Butterbelly off the hook I used to ask myself, "Does this fish think?" I would even ask others, "Do you suppose this Butterbelly can think?" And all I would get in reply was a look. At the age of eighteen, I left the state.”

Source : "Do Fish Think, Really?". "How to Become Extinct". Book by Will Cuppy, 1941.
“For every alleged benefit that the politicians confer upon us, they must necessarily deprive us of something else.”
“With respect to the ZPA, what kind of digit develops depends on how close the digit is to the source of Sonic hedgehog.”

Source : Neil Shubin (2008). “Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body”, p.57, Vintage
“The art of living easily as to money is to pitch your scale of living one degree below your means.”

Source : Sir Henry Taylor (1847). “Notes from Life, in six essays”, p.12
“Where there is no respect for life, there you will find evil.”
“We are neither a regional power nor are the Balkans our sphere of influence. These are self-confident countries. We should be particularly thankful to Macedonia, a country that has taken on a very difficult task without profiting from it. Quite to the contrary: Instead of praise, there was criticism from the international media. The reason for our decision was that we were being massively overstretched - we had to stop the influx. Whether that also had a positive impact in Germany, that judgment must be made there.”
“Don't look down, it's an impossible view; Fly like an eagle whatever you do”

Source : "Song: Dont Look Down". 2010.

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