Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTMy book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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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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I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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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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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
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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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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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