People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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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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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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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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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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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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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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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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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
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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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