Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTJo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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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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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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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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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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If we are all alive ten years hence, let’s meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.
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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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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
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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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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
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