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Louisa May Alcott

My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Beginning Book People Thinking
Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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Better Goodness Humor
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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Alone Fly Happiness Storm Strong Wild Wind
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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Easy Happiness Help Kindness Love Pain Sorrow Sympathy World
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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Book Happiness Life Myself Necessary Pay People Reading Reality Sin Willing
People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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Amazing Moral People Price
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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Age Beautiful Evidence Happiness Old Play Regret Success Time Understand Work Worth Youth
Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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Flower Learning Natural Open
For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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Fear Gratitude Love Pride
I often think flowers are the angels’ alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.
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Angel Beautiful Feeling Flower Learning Lesson Mystery Thinking Writing
Better lose your life than your soul.
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Dee Inspirational Life Lose One Liner Soul
A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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Forever Joy Lost Peace Time
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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Afraid Heaven Home Leaving Myself Run Sick
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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Forgiveness Let Go Mom World Yourself
The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.
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Better Hard Lose Lost Man Rule Scars Soul Teach Yourself
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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Amazing Best Come Help

The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.

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