I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTWhere the heart is the mind works best.
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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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.
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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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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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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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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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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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Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
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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.
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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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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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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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