Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTMarriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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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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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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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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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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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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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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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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Don’t shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world’s work, for it all affects you and yours.
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There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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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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You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
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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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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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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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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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We can’t any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
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