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Where the heart is the mind works best.

Louisa May Alcott

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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Consistency Deal Experience Explanation Greatness Myself Observation Pretend Remember See Wisdom
Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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Family Home Mom Need One Liner
You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
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Alone Fly Happiness Storm Strong Wild Wind
A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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Faith Friendship Treasure
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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Bad Death Live Logic Man Worth
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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Accident Brave Design Fear Kill Mad Possession Weapon
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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Choice Direction Emotion Learning Pain Service
There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.
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Experiment Fear Freedom Goodness Liberty Reality Shame Slave Try World
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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Easy Happiness Help Kindness Love Pain Sorrow Sympathy World
The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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Beautiful Hands Humble Love
Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Marriage Oneself Responsibility Right
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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Deep Heaven Key Myself See
Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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Flower Learning Natural Open
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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Forgiveness Let Go Mom World Yourself
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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Book Death Forget Hero Myself Splendid Wonderful Writing
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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Angel Beautiful Feeling Flower Learning Lesson Mystery Thinking Writing

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