Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTJo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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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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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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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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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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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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If we are all alive ten years hence, let’s meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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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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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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Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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