Don’t shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world’s work, for it all affects you and yours.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTIf 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
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I 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.
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Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
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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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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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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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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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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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