“Though Wilder blamed her family’s departure from Kansas on “blasted politicians” ordering white squatters to vacate Osage lands, no such edict was issued over Rutland Township during the Ingallses’ tenure there. Quite the reverse is true: only white intruders in… — Sarah Miller Copy Share Image
“How many miles had they come? Less than halfway, and already Caroline had the sense that a separation such as this could put more… — Sarah Miller Copy Share Image
“I cross myself and close my eyes. Where we go next, we go together.” — Sarah Miller Copy Share Image
“When the windowpanes start to turn from black to gray, my sisters cradle themselves around me, rocking me like the sea until I can… — Sarah Miller Copy Share Image
“We should be used to it," Tatiana reasons. "There have always been lines separating us from the rest of the world, whether they were… — Sarah Miller Copy Share Image
“I'd like to know how anyone can write the truth about us if we've never met.” — Sarah Miller Copy Share Image
“It's commonly believed that there's less pressure on a woman to be married these days than there used to be. If that's true, if… — Sarah Miller Copy Share Image
“Behind every successful woman are several confused men who give her something to make fun of.” — Sarah Miller Copy Share Image
“The pair of us are like salt and sugar: such different flavors, but so close in every other way you could never sort us… — Sarah Miller Copy Share Image
“If people would only do me justice that is all I ask, but it seems as if every word I have uttered has been… — Sarah Miller Copy Share Image
“Why does everyone have to be so cool all the time? And also why do white people always have to act like black people… — Sarah Miller Copy Share Image
“Author’s Note Caroline is a marriage of fact and Laura Ingalls Wilder’s fiction. I have knowingly departed from Wilder’s version of events only where the historical record stands in contradiction to her stories. Most prominently: Census records, as well as the Ingalls family Bible, demonstrate that Caroline Celestia Ingalls was born in Rutland Township, Montgomery County, Kansas on August 3,… — Sarah Miller Copy Share
“Incredible that the best route to winning friends is not necessarily kindness or flattery, but letting them know you won't tolerate their bullshit.” — Sarah Miller Copy Share Image
