Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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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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The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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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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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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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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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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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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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 am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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