The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTSome books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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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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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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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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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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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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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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