Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTSome books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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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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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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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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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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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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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 all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.
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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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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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