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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I’m not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.
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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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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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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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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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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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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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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us – and those around us – more effectively. Look for the learning.
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