“To celebrate the Fourth of July meant something definite in those days.” — 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, Caddie, who keep the world sweet and beautiful. What a rough world it would be if there were only men and boys in it, doing things in their rough way! A woman's task is to teach… — Carol Ryrie Brink Copy Share
“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
