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 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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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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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.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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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 duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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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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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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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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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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