Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI often think flowers are the angels’ alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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One 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.
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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
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There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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If we are all alive ten years hence, let’s meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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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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