Lucy Larcom Rich Or Poor Quotations

Rich or poor, every child comes into the world with some imperative need of its own, which shapes its individuality.

Whether rich or poor, a home is not a home unless the roots of love are ever striking deeper through the crust of the earthly and the conventional, into the very realities of being, not consciously always; seldom, perhaps; the simplicity of loving grows by living simply near nature and God.