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Carol Ryrie Brink Quotes

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

Carol Ryrie Brink

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

Tags: history, independence day, past

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

Carol Ryrie Brink

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

About Author
Carol Ryrie Brink (December 28, 1895 – August 15, 1981) was an American writer of over thirty juvenile and adult books. Her novel Caddie Woodlawn won the 1936 Newbery Medal and a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958.

Whatever happens I want you to think of yourselves as young Americans, and I want you to be proud of that. It is difficult to tell you about England, because there all men are not free to pursue their...

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 is difficult to tell you about England, because there all men are not free to pursue their...

Eyes wide

Carol Ryrie Brink

Eyes wide

Life is just a lot of everyday adventures.

Carol Ryrie Brink

Life is just a lot of everyday adventures.

Tags: adventure, life lessons, little things

No, that is not what I want for you, my little girl. I want you to be a woman with a wise and understanding heart, healthy in body and honest in mind.

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 and understanding heart, healthy in body and honest in mind.

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 b...

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, you know, Caddie, who keep the world sweet and beautiful. What a rough world it would b...

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

Carol Ryrie Brink

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

Tags: giving

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

Carol Ryrie Brink

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

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

Carol Ryrie Brink

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

Riding around on Minnie’s shoulder But

Carol Ryrie Brink

Riding around on Minnie’s shoulder But

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

Carol Ryrie Brink

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

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

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.

Tags: effort

It was a hard struggle, but what I have in life I have earned with my own hands. I have done well, and I have an honest man's honest pride. I want no lands and honors which I have not won by my own go...

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, and I have an honest man's honest pride. I want no lands and honors which I have not won by my own go...

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

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

Although they might never be rich or famous in America, they would have the satisfaction of knowing that what they had they had made for themselves.

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 had made for themselves.

Purple pansies

Carol Ryrie Brink

Purple pansies

Casting wistful glances at the Woodlawns’ house Now

Carol Ryrie Brink

Casting wistful glances at the Woodlawns’ house Now

But every redhead's temper has its limitations.

Carol Ryrie Brink

But every redhead's temper has its limitations.

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

Carol Ryrie Brink

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

Tags: nerbery, newbery