It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTA faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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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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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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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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I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don’t think any one will deny us.
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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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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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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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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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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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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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