Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTWild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine. I’m interested in other people’s experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can’t explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.
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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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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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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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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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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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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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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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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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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.
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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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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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