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.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

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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.

Louisa May Alcott

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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.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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Flower Learning Natural
There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.
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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Conquer Oneself Win World
Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Growth Time Try
Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Better Goodness Humor
Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Employement Time Understand Worth
I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Inspirational Learning Storm Worry
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 ALCOTT

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 ALCOTT

Death Hard Life Love Nature Passion
It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Man Woman World
The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Marriage Oneself Responsibility Right
The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Enjoyment Talk Woman
Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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People Shadow Sunshine
Conceit spoils the finest genius.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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