Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTIt’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.
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Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.
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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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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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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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