Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTIt takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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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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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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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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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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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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Don’t shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world’s work, for it all affects you and yours.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.
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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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Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
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