Carol Ryrie Brink

Life is just a lot of everyday adventures.

— Carol Ryrie Brink

“It's a strange thing, but somehow we expect more of girls than of boys. It is the sisters and wives and mothers,…

— Carol Ryrie Brink

“No, that is not what I want for you, my little girl. I want you to be a woman with a wise…

— Carol Ryrie Brink

“Whatever happens I want you to think of yourselves as young Americans, and I want you to be proud of that. It…

— Carol Ryrie Brink

“I mean, if a man's really master of his house, he doesna need to tell folks so.”

— Carol Ryrie Brink

If at first you don't fricassee, Fry, fry a hen!

— Carol Ryrie Brink

“Savages were savages, but what could one expect of civilized men who plotted massacre?”

— Carol Ryrie Brink

“. . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes one at the end of an outdoor day.”

— Carol Ryrie Brink

“It was a hard struggle, but what I have in life I have earned with my own hands. I have done well,…

— Carol Ryrie Brink

“In those days the worst vice in England was pride, I guess—the worst vice of all, because folks thought it was a…

— Carol Ryrie Brink

“She was on a real, grown-up adventure, no matter how badly it should turn out.”

— Carol Ryrie Brink

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…

— Carol Ryrie Brink

“Pioneer children were always having mishaps, but they were expected to know how to use their heads in emergencies.”

— Carol Ryrie Brink

The most truly generous persons are those who give silently without hope of praise or reward.

— Carol Ryrie Brink

“To celebrate the Fourth of July meant something definite in those days.”

— Carol Ryrie Brink

“No," said Father. "Just do the best you can and don't let it worry you. In that way you'll have a clear…

— Carol Ryrie Brink

“although they might never be rich or famous in America, they would have the satisfaction of knowing that what they had they…

— Carol Ryrie Brink