Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTNothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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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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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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If 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.
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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.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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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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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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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 often think flowers are the angels’ alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.
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