I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTWild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.
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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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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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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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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 like good strong words that mean something.
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If we are all alive ten years hence, let’s meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.
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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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The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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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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