“No," said Father. "Just do the best you can and don't let it worry you. In that way you'll have a clear conscience and a tranquil heart.” — Carol Ryrie Brink Copy Share Image
“It's a strange thing, but somehow we expect more of girls than of boys. It is the sisters and wives and mothers, you know,… — Carol Ryrie Brink Copy Share Image
“No, that is not what I want for you, my little girl. I want you to be a woman with a wise and understanding… — Carol Ryrie Brink Copy Share Image
“Whatever happens I want you to think of yourselves as young Americans, and I want you to be proud of that. It is difficult… — Carol Ryrie Brink Copy Share Image
“I mean, if a man's really master of his house, he doesna need to tell folks so.” — Carol Ryrie Brink Copy Share Image
“Savages were savages, but what could one expect of civilized men who plotted massacre?” — Carol Ryrie Brink Copy Share Image
“. . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes one at the end of an outdoor day.” — Carol Ryrie Brink Copy Share Image
“It was a hard struggle, but what I have in life I have earned with my own hands. I have done well, and I… — Carol Ryrie Brink Copy Share Image
“In those days the worst vice in England was pride, I guess—the worst vice of all, because folks thought it was a virtue.” — Carol Ryrie Brink Copy Share Image
“She was on a real, grown-up adventure, no matter how badly it should turn out.” — Carol Ryrie Brink Copy Share Image
How far I've come! I'm the same girl and yet not the same. I wonder if it's always like that? Folks keep growing from… — Carol Ryrie Brink Copy Share Image
“Pioneer children were always having mishaps, but they were expected to know how to use their heads in emergencies.” — Carol Ryrie Brink Copy Share Image
The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward. — Carol Ryrie Brink Copy Share Image
“To celebrate the Fourth of July meant something definite in those days.” — Carol Ryrie Brink Copy Share Image
