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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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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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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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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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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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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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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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Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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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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Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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