Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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I want to do something splendid, Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead I think I shall write books.
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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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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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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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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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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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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.
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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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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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Better lose your life than your soul.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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