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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTGood books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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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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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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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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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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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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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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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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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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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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