It’s lovely to see people so happy.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTWhere I wholly love I wholly trust.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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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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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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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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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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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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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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My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
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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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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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