I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I’m not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.
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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Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
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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 humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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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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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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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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Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us – and those around us – more effectively. Look for the learning.
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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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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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