Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTLove is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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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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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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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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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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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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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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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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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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