- Albert Quinn Ingalls: Hey Laura, I have an extra circus ticket. You want it?
- Laura Ingalls: Why would I want it?
- Albert Quinn Ingalls: Well, I thought you might want to ask Almanzo.
- Laura Ingalls: Almanzo? Why would I want to ask Almanzo?
- Albert Quinn Ingalls: Well, I just thought maybe you'd like to.
- Laura Ingalls: Boys... They think they know everything!
- Albert Quinn Ingalls: Girls! They don't know nothing!
- Laura Ingalls: Anything.
- Albert Quinn Ingalls: That's the truth!
- Harriet Oleson: [Referring to the circus posters] I want you to plaster these things all over town.
- Willie Oleson: On the outhouses, too?
- Harriet Oleson: [Sounding disgusted] What do mean, on the outhouses, too?
- Willie Oleson: That way, everybody'll see 'em!
- Harriet Oleson: [laughs with delight] Oh, you are brilliant, aren't you? That's male logic. Yes, yes, do it!
- Laura Ingalls: [Rehearsing to herself before asking Almanzo to the circus] Oh Manley, I love you so much! Please go to the circus with me.
- Nels Oleson: A ring master is supposed to be loud and funny.
- Harriet Oleson: Well, you can be loud. And I heard you be funny once.