Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTPreserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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I don’t like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I’d rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.
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One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.
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