Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTKeep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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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 humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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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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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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I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.
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Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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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.
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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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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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