Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTEvery house needs a grandmother in it.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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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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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
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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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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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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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