Where the heart is the mind works best.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTWomen have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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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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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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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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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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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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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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Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us – and those around us – more effectively. Look for the learning.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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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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