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.
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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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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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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The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
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I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine. I’m interested in other people’s experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can’t explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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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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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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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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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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