My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTPainful 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.
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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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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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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.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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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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I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don’t think any one will deny us.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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