You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI want to do something splendid, Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead I think I shall write books.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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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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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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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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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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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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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.
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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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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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