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A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.

Louisa May Alcott

For love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Fear Gratitude Love Pride
Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn’t worth ruling.
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Deep Queen Rule Time Woman Worth
There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment.
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Experiment Fear Freedom Goodness Liberty Reality Shame Slave Try World
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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Choice Direction Emotion Learning Pain Service
Many argue; not many converse.
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Argument Talk
Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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Bloom Life Love Precious
Marriage, they say, halves one’s rights and doubles one’s duties.
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Marriage Oneself Responsibility Right
Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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Challenge Faith Happiness Mom Son
Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
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Art Garden Natural Rose Wild
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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Death Hard Herself Life Love Nature Passion
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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Bad Death Live Logic Man Worth
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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Forgiveness Let Go Mom World Yourself
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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Affect Education Understand Woman Work World Yourself
My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
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Beginning Book People Thinking
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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Amazing Best Come Help
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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Better Fame Lose Perfection Struggle

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