I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTLove is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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I don’t like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I’d rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.
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One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.
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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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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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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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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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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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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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