He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTShe is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
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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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I like good strong words that mean something.
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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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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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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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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 faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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