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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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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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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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
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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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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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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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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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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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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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