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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.

Louisa May Alcott

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us – and those around us – more effectively. Look for the learning.
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Choice Direction Emotion Learning Pain Service
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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Easy Happiness Help Kindness Love Pain Sorrow Sympathy World
Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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Deep Queen Rule Time Woman Worth
Where the heart is the mind works best.
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Best Heart Mindset Work
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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Alive Friendship Growth Inspirational See Time
Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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Bad Death Live Logic Man Worth
She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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Book Brain Herself
Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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Comfortable Hard Time Hope Inspirational Light Soul
It takes two flints to make a fire.
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Advice Fire One Liner
The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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Beautiful Body Growth Mindset Strength Strong Togetherness Woman
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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Book Happiness Life Myself Necessary Pay People Reading Reality Sin Willing
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
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Aspiration Beautiful Leadership Reach See Sunshine Try
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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Afraid Heaven Home Leaving Myself Run Sick
Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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Help Ourselves Religious Sister Support
The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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Beautiful Happiness Humble Life Love Power
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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Fall Independence Oppression Perfection Slave

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