Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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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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Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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I want to do something splendid, Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead I think I shall write books.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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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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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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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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I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don’t think any one will deny us.
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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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