One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.
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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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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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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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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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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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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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
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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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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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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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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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