Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTBe comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Don’t shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world’s work, for it all affects you and yours.
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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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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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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.
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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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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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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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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.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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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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