Better lose your life than your soul.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTA holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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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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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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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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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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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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