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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTSimple, 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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I often think flowers are the angels’ alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.
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Love is a great beautifier.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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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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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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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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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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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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