Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.
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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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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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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 don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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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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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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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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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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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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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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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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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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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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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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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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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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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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