A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTWomen have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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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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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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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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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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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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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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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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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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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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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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