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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTDon’t shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world’s work, for it all affects you and yours.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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I often think flowers are the angels’ alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.
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I don’t like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I’d rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.
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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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Don’t shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world’s work, for it all affects you and yours.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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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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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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