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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTMarriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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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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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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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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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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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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Love is a great beautifier.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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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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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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