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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTIn the books I read the sinners are always more interesting than the saints, and in real life good people are dismally dull. I’ve no desire to be wicked, but I do want to be happy. A short life and a gay one for me and I’m willing to pay for my pleasure if it is necessary.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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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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We can’t any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
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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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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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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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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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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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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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Love is a great beautifier.
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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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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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