It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTFar 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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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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Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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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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I like good strong words that mean something.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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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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I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I’m not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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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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