Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTWell, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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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We can’t any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
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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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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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Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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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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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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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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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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