Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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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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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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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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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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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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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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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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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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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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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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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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