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> [When, all at once, you find you have something precious you only dimly suspected was to be yours, you almost wish it hadn't come so soon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-douglas-wiggin/when-all-at-once-you-find-you-have-something-precious-you-only-dimly/)

[Kate Douglas Wiggin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-douglas-wiggin/)

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## More by Kate Douglas Wiggin

> [If I haven't anything to write, I am just as anxious to 'take my pen in hand' as though I had a message to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-douglas-wiggin/if-i-haven-t-anything-to-write-i-am-just-as-anxious-to-take-my-pen-in/)

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> [“Great, wide, beautiful, wonderful World, With the wonderful water round you curled, And the wonderful grass upon your breast, World, you are beautifully drest!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-douglas-wiggin/great-wide-beautiful-wonderful-world-with-the-wonderful-water-round/)

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> [The old stage coach was rumbling along the dusty road that runs from Maplewood to Riverboro. The day was as warm as midsummer, though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-douglas-wiggin/the-old-stage-coach-was-rumbling-along-the-dusty-road-that-runs-from/)

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> [If you make children happy now, you will make them happy twenty years hence by the memory of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-douglas-wiggin/if-you-make-children-happy-now-you-will-make-them-happy-twenty-years/)

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> [ “\[Julia Carey\] had never, even when very young, experienced a desire to sit at the feet of superior wisdom, always greatly preferring a chair… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-douglas-wiggin/julia-carey-had-never-even-when-very-young-experienced-a-desire-to/)

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> [“Nancy was more impulsive than industrious, more generous than wise, more plucky than prudent; she had none too much perseverance and no patience at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-douglas-wiggin/nancy-was-more-impulsive-than-industrious-more-generous-than-wise/)

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> [Lord, I do not ask that Thou shouldst give me wealth; only show me where it is, and I will attend to the rest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-douglas-wiggin/lord-i-do-not-ask-that-thou-shouldst-give-me-wealth-only-show-me/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-douglas-wiggin/to-make-my-diary-a-little-different-i-am-going-to-call-it-a-thought/)

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> [There are certain narrow, umimaginative, and autocratic old people who seem to call out the most mischievous and sometimes the worst traits in children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-douglas-wiggin/there-are-certain-narrow-umimaginative-and-autocratic-old-people-who/)

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> [Never miss a joy in this world of trouble-that's my theory!… Happiness, like mercy,is twice blest: it blesses those most intimately associated with it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-douglas-wiggin/never-miss-a-joy-in-this-world-of-trouble-that-s-my-theory-happiness/)

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> [There are some who possess the magic touch, the infectious spirit of enthusiasm; who have the same effect as a beautiful morning that never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-douglas-wiggin/there-are-some-who-possess-the-magic-touch-the-infectious-spirit-of/)

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> [Why is it that the people with whom one loves to be silent are also the very ones with whom one loves to talk?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-douglas-wiggin/why-is-it-that-the-people-with-whom-one-loves-to-be-silent-are-also/)

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> [There is nothing so debilitating to a naturally weak sense of humor as selling tickets behind a grating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-douglas-wiggin/there-is-nothing-so-debilitating-to-a-naturally-weak-sense-of-humor/)

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> [It was not long after sunrise, and Stephen Waterman, fresh from his dip in the river, had scrambled up the hillside from the hut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-douglas-wiggin/it-was-not-long-after-sunrise-and-stephen-waterman-fresh-from-his-dip/)

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> [One cannot see callers, answer the telephone, go to luncheons or dinners, visit the dentist or shoemaker, address charitable organizations in or from a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-douglas-wiggin/one-cannot-see-callers-answer-the-telephone-go-to-luncheons-or/)

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