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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI 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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTHappy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTWhere the heart is the mind works best.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTHe who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTHelp one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTWomen have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTFar 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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe 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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTA time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTIt takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTIn the books I read the sinners are always more interesting than the saints, and in real life good people are dismally dull. I’ve no desire to be wicked, but I do want to be happy. A short life and a gay one for me and I’m willing to pay for my pleasure if it is necessary.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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