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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I’m not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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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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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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Love is a great beautifier.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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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 duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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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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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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