You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTIt 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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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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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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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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If we are all alive ten years hence, let’s meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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