My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTFor love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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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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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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The emerging woman will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied strength and beauty must go together.
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Don’t shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world’s work, for it all affects you and yours.
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I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
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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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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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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
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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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Many argue; not many converse.
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We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.
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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
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It’s lovely to see people so happy.
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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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