Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTSome people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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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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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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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
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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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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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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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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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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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I like good strong words that mean something.
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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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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 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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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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We can’t any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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