Every house needs a grandmother in it.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTMarriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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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 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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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us – and those around us – more effectively. Look for the learning.
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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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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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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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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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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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I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don’t think any one will deny us.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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