It takes two flints to make a fire.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
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Louisa May AlcottLouisa May Alcott The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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Louisa May AlcottLouisa May Alcott We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.
Louisa May AlcottLouisa May Alcott I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
Louisa May AlcottLouisa May Alcott Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
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