Author: Mary Ellen Chase

Quotes

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.

Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind.

- Mary Ellen Chase

Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts.

Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts.

- Mary Ellen Chase

Suffering without understanding in this life is a heap worse than suffering when you have at least the grain of an idea what it's all for.

Suffering without understanding in this life is a heap worse than suffering when you have at least the grain of an idea what it's all for.

- Mary Ellen Chase

There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.

There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.

- Mary Ellen Chase

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