“ Give up! Grandpa barked. Now I don’t want to hear you say that. No, sir, that’s the last thing I want to hear. Don’t ever start anything you can’t finish. Wilson Rawls
“ Everything was going along just fine until Mama caught me cutting out of the circles of tin with her scissors. I always swore she could find the biggest switches of any woman in the Ozarks. Wilson Rawls
“ Daisy smiled and said, Jay Berry, you won’t die. You may think you will, but you won’t. In a day or two, you’ll be as good as new, I hope. You’re just saying that because you heard Papa say it, I said… Wilson Rawls
“ Than anyone in the country. I didn’t care how many deals Grandpa cooked up. He was still the best grandpa in the whole wide world. What have you got? I asked. Come over to the store, he said, and I’ll… Wilson Rawls
“ No, Billy, not every time. He only answers the ones that are said from the heart. You have to be sincere and believe in Him. Wilson Rawls
“ Men, said Mr. Kyle, people have been trying to understand dogs ever since the beginning of time. One never knows what they'll do. You can read every day where a dog saved the life of a drowning child,… Wilson Rawls
“ I suppose there's a time in practically every young boy's life when he's affected by that wonderful disease of puppy love. I don't mean the kind a boy has for the pretty little girl that lives down th… Wilson Rawls
“ I heard the bam, bam, bam of a woodpecker high in the top of a box elder snag. The cry of a kingfisher and the scream of a blue jay blended perfectly with the drum like beat. A barking red squirrel, g… Wilson Rawls
“ Grandpa, I asked, what good’s it going to do us, knowing his name? It might do a lot of good, Grandpa said. This trainer says that if you could make friends with that monkey he would probably do anyth… Wilson Rawls
“ Looked over to where I had dropped my net. There it was right where I had dropped it; wide open and not a monkey in it. I couldn’t believe it. How on earth could the little monkeys have gotten out of… Wilson Rawls
“ Didn’t know why I was holding my breath because I knew that the old saying of how you could hold your breath and nothing would sting you was pure hogwash. I had tried that before and it hadn’t worked… Wilson Rawls
“ With a heavy heart, I turned and walked away. I knew that as long as I lived I'd never forget the two little graves and the sacred red fern. Wilson Rawls
“ We’re going to build a big pen out of that chicken wire, he said. It’ll have a top on it and a door with a snap latch. We’ll put those coconuts right in the center of the pen and leave the door open.… Wilson Rawls
“ On hearing this remark, my heart jumped clear up in my throat.. I thought surely it was going to hop right out on the depot platform. I looked up and tried to tell him who I was, but something went wr… Wilson Rawls
“ Old Dan must have known he was dying. Just before he drew his last breath, he opened his eyes and looked at me. Then with one last sigh, and a feeble thump of his tail, his friendly gray eyes closed f… Wilson Rawls
“ Looking to the mountains around us, I saw that the mysterious artist who comes at night had paid us a visit. I wondered how he could paint so many different colors in one night; red, wine, yellow, and… Wilson Rawls
