People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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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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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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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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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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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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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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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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
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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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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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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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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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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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