You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTWhere I wholly love I wholly trust.
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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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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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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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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Stay is a charming word in a friend’s vocabulary.
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The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.
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Many argue; not many converse.
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Don’t shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world’s work, for it all affects you and yours.
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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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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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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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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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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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I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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