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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTRemember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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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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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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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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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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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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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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I like good strong words that mean something.
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I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
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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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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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Don’t try to make me grow up before my time.
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