Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTEvery house needs a grandmother in it.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
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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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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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Don’t shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world’s work, for it all affects you and yours.
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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
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You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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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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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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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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We can’t any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
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