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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTShe is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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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.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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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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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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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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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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I like good strong words that mean something.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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