Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTMen are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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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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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
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The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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We can’t any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
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Love is a great beautifier.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Better lose your life than your soul.
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