Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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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It takes two flints to make a fire.
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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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Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest.
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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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We can’t any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
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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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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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It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world.
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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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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
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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 great beautifier.
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He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
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