Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTWomen have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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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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The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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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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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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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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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.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
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