You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTBetter lose your life than your soul.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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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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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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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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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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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for 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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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.
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Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
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