Kate Douglas Wiggin
Kate Douglas Wiggin was an American author and educator, best known for her classic children's novel "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." Born in 1856 in Philadelphia, she dedicated much of her life to the welfare of children, co-founding the first free kindergarten in San Francisco. Wiggin's writing blends humor with heartfelt storytelling, capturing the essence of early 20th-century American life. Her works continue to enchant readers with their charm and warmth.
Book summaries for books written by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Quotes
The best kind of happiness is a habit you're passionate about.
It's easy to be pleasant when life flows by like a song, but the man worth while is the one who can smile when everything goes dead wrong.
I suppose you've got to have an ocean to get restless about. I never have been any further than the creek in my whole life -- ever!
I don't believe in thinking too much about the past. I'm a forward-looker; not a back-looker.
The soul is imprisoned in the body, that's all.
It's a good thing to be rich and able to give, but it's a better thing to be poor and able to feel.
The problem of what to do with the leisure time of women who are no longer obliged to work for their living is going to be a great question in the future.
I'm not a bit changed, not really, only more so.
You ain't like anybody else; you're different, Rebecca, and you're just one in a thousand.
There's nothing so sad, in a general way, as poverty of the mind.
The really great people are the people who make you feel that you, too, can become great.
The longer I live the more I see that I am never wrong about anything, and that all the pains that I have so humbly taken to verify my notions have only wasted my time.