Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTBetter lose your life than your soul.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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Painful 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.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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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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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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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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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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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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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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If we are all alive ten years hence, let’s meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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I don’t like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I’d rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.
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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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Fame 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.
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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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