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 ALCOTTDon’t try to make me grow up before my time.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
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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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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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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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You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
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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.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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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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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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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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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.
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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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