Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTGood books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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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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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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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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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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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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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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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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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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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