Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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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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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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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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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us – and those around us – more effectively. Look for the learning.
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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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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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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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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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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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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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Love is a great beautifier.
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Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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