I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
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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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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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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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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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 don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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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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There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.
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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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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 like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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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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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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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 takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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