Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTHe was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
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Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.
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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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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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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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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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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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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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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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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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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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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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