I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTPainful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us – and those around us – more effectively. Look for the learning.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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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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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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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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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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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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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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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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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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Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
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