A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTLove 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.
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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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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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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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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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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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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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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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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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Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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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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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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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.
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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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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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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
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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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