My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTOne 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Many argue; not many converse.
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I often think flowers are the angels’ alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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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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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
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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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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 don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.
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