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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Love is a great beautifier.
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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I’m not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.
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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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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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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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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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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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