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 ALCOTTMothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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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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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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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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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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The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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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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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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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 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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