Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThere 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.
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Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
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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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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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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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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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