A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTYou are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
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I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don’t think any one will deny us.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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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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He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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In 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.
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We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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