Mary Ellen Chase

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

“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.”

“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.”

“There is no substitute for books in the life of a child. (1952)”

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