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 ALCOTTI 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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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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Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.
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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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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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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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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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Many argue; not many converse.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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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.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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