It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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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Love is a great beautifier.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.
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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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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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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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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Far 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.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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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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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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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 power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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