Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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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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Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
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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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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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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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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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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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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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