A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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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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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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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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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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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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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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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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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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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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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Many argue; not many converse.
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