Comfort and joy Quote by Betty MacDonald

“_Sunday!_ In the country Sunday is the day on which you do exactly as much work as you do on other days but feel…

— Betty MacDonald

“Well, " said her daddy, "your careless heedlessness has almost lost me my life. I am now going to give you a spanking." And…

— Betty MacDonald

The coffee was so strong it snarled as it lurched out of the pot.

— Betty MacDonald

I'll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!

— Betty MacDonald

I am neither Christian enough nor charitable enough to like anybody just because he is alive and breathing. I want people to interest or…

— Betty MacDonald

“After splashing icy water on their faces and rubbing them fiery red with one of the rough sweet-smelling towels, they came in and took…

— Betty MacDonald

Dare we face the question of just how much of the darkness around us is of our own making?

— Betty MacDonald

In the country Sunday is the day on which you do exactly as much work as you do on other days but feel guilty…

— Betty MacDonald

“I never feel that the things I tell Mrs. Monday are lies. I think that lies are only when you want not to tell…

— Betty MacDonald

“Of course the reason that all the children in our town like Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is because Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle likes children, she enjoys talking to…

— Betty MacDonald

There’s nothing as cozy as a piece of candy and a book.

— Betty MacDonald

Her magic formula for dealing with children is ignoring all faults and accenting tiny virtues. She says, "Instead of telling Tommy day in and…

— Betty MacDonald