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Beth could not reason upon or explain the faith that gave her courage and patience to give up life, and cheerfully wait for death. Like a confiding child, she asked no questions, but left everything to God and nature, Father and Mother of us all, feeling sure that they, and they only, could teach and strengthen heart and spirit for this life and the life to come.


Louisa May Alcott

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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT ridicule is often harder to bear than self-denial.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I want to do something splendid before I go into my castle, something heroic or wonderful that won't...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Human minds are more full of mysteries than any written book and more changeable than the cloud shap...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Good, old-fashioned ways keep hearts sweet, heads sane, hands busy.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT We live in a beautiful and wonderful world, Demi, and the more you now about it the wiser and the be...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I could have been a great many things.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I want my daughters to be beautiful, accomplished, and good. To be admired, loved, and respected. To...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an America...
LOUISA ALCOTT People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for...
LOUISA ALCOTT My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding th...
LOUISA ALCOTT I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I'm not afraid, but it seem...
LOUISA ALCOTT If Mr. Clemens cannot think of something better to tell our pure-minded lads and lasses, he had bett...
LOUISA ALCOTT I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
LOUISA ALCOTT I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.
LOUISA ALCOTT Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one's conquests
LOUISA ALCOTT Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction tha...
LOUISA ALCOTT Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!
LOUISA ALCOTT My occupation is solely that of a painter. No one can argue with pictures (re descriptions in Uncle ...
LOUISA MAE ALCOTT Housekeeping ain't no joke.
LOUIS MAY ALCOTT