It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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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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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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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 faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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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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