I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTMany argue; not many converse.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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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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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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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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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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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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I want to do something splendid, Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead I think I shall write books.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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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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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.
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