Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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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We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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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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Love is a great beautifier.
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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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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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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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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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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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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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In 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.
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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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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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