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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 it was only the middle of May, and Mr. Jeremiah Cobb was favoring the horses as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-douglas-wiggin/the-old-stage-coach-was-rumbling-along-the-dusty-road-that-runs-from/)

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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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