The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTBetter lose your life than your soul.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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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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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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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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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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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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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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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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In the books I read the sinners are always more interesting than the saints, and in real life good people are dismally dull. I’ve no desire to be wicked, but I do want to be happy. A short life and a gay one for me and I’m willing to pay for my pleasure if it is necessary.
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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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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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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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