She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTWhere the heart is the mind works best.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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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 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.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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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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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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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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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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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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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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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.
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