Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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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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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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.
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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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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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Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us – and those around us – more effectively. Look for the learning.
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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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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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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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