It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTMy book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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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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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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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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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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Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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