Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTTA time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
More Louisa May Alcott Quotes
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I’d rather take coffee than compliments now.
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A holiday isn’t a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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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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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself.
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It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
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Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
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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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I often think flowers are the angels’ alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.
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It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
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He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
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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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I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you’d imagine. I’m interested in other people’s experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can’t explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.
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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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In the books I read the sinners are always more interesting than the saints, and in real life good people are dismally dull. I’ve no desire to be wicked, but I do want to be happy. A short life and a gay one for me and I’m willing to pay for my pleasure if it is necessary.
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