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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.

Louisa May Alcott

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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Fall Independence Oppression Perfection Slave
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 ALCOTT

Afraid Heaven Home Leaving Myself Run Sick
I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine. I’m interested in other people’s experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can’t explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Consistency Deal Experience Explanation Greatness Myself Observation Pretend Remember See Wisdom
The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Greatness Ourselves Purpose Spiritual Worth
Many argue; not many converse.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Argument Talk
Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Challenge Faith Happiness Mom Son
Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Comfortable Hard Time Hope Inspirational Light Soul
Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Art Garden Natural Rose Wild
Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Carry Easy End Love
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 ALCOTT

Better Fame Lose Perfection Struggle
People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Amazing Moral People Price
It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Children Empty Face Happiness Heart Lonely Shine Sun World
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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Easy Happiness Help Kindness Love Pain Sorrow Sympathy World
Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Happiness Myself Production
Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Bloom Life Love Precious
Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Name Right Stand Truth Victory Willing Win

Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.

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