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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTLife and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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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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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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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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You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
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We can’t any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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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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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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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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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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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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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.
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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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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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