Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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Love is a great beautifier.
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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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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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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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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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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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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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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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You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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