Quote by: Kate Douglas Wiggin

The soul grows into lovely habits as easily as into ugly ones, and the moment a life begins to blossom into beautiful words and deeds, that moment a new standard of conduct is established, and your eager neighbors look to you for a continuous manifestation of the good cheer, the sympathy, the ready wit, the comradeship, or the inspiration, you once showed yourself capable of. Bear figs for a season or two, and the world outside the orchard is very unwilling you should bear thistles.


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Author Bio


  • NameKate Douglas Wiggin
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornSeptember 28, 1856
  • DiedAugust 24, 1923
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Children's Writer; Teacher