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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTDon’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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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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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The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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I often think flowers are the angels’ alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.
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I want to do something splendid, Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead I think I shall write books.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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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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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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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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