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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTShe is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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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.
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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
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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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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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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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