A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTEvery house needs a grandmother in it.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
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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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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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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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Love is a great beautifier.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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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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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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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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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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