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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.

Louisa May Alcott

Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Enjoyment Talk Woman
I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I’m not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Afraid Heaven Home Leaving Myself Run Sick
It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Children Empty Face Happiness Heart Lonely Shine Sun World
I like good strong words that mean something.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Goodness Meaning Myself Strong Word
My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Beginning Book People Thinking
Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Bad Children Father God Man Noble Work
Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Friendship Home Love Magic Relationship Story
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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Better Fame Lose Perfection Struggle
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 ALCOTT

Death Hard Herself Life Love Nature Passion
I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Inspirational Learning Myself Storm Worry
It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Fire Glory Greatness Reality
Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Deep Queen Rule Time Woman Worth
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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Book Happiness Life Myself Necessary Pay People Reading Reality Sin Willing
Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Book Friendship Home Reading
Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Body Book Company Faith Goodness Love Soul Yourself
Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Forget Memories Preserve Yourself

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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