Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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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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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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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 humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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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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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
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If we are all alive ten years hence, let’s meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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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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