Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTFame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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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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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
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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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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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The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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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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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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