He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTYou are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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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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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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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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Many argue; not many converse.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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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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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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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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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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