Every house needs a grandmother in it.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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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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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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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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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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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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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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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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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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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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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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The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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