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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTHe was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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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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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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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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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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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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