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.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTThe 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
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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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Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
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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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Well, if I can’t be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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