Every house needs a grandmother in it.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI 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.
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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Love is a great beautifier.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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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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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.
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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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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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Don’t shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world’s work, for it all affects you and yours.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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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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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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