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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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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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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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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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It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
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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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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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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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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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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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Love is a great beautifier.
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I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don’t think any one will deny us.
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I don’t like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I’d rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.
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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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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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