People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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I often think flowers are the angels’ alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.
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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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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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I want to do something splendid, Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead I think I shall write books.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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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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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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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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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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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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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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The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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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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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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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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