Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTFar 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
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We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.
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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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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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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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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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