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.
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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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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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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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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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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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine. I’m interested in other people’s experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can’t explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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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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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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Don’t shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world’s work, for it all affects you and yours.
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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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