People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTI 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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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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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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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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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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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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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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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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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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I don’t worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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