Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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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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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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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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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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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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Better lose your life than your soul.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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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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