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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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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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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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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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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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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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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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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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