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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTFather asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don’t think any one will deny us.
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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.
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