He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
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More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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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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Love is a great beautifier.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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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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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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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
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One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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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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Many argue; not many converse.
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