Many argue; not many converse.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTMoney 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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I often think flowers are the angels’ alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.
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Don’t shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world’s work, for it all affects you and yours.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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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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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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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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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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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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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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