I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTIf 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.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.
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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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Better lose your life than your soul.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.
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Love is a great beautifier.
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Father asked us what was God’s noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
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Honesty is the best policy, in love as in law.
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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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Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.
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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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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don’t sell nowadays.
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