Where the heart is the mind works best.
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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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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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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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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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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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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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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It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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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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The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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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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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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Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us – and those around us – more effectively. Look for the learning.
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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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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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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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Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
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We can’t any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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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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