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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTA holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine. I’m interested in other people’s experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can’t explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.
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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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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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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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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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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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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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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don’t think any one will deny us.
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In the books I read the sinners are always more interesting than the saints, and in real life good people are dismally dull. I’ve no desire to be wicked, but I do want to be happy. A short life and a gay one for me and I’m willing to pay for my pleasure if it is necessary.
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