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 ALCOTTPreserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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Love is a great beautifier.
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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.
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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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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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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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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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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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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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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
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