Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTBe comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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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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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.
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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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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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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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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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