He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.


Louisa May Alcott

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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally…
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…we're twins, and so we love each other more than other people…
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Oh, that is the surprise. It's so lovely, I pity you because you don't know it…
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…the child's heart bled when it was broken.
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…on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries.
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Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants…
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But, like all happiness, it did not last long…
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Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!
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…Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any wa...
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…she'll go and fall in love, and there's an end of peace and fun, and cozy times together.
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me…
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…tomorrow was her birthday, and she was thinking how fast the years went by, how old she was getti...
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I wish I had no heart, it aches so…
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I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.
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I ask not for any crown
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Nor try to conquer any world
Exce...
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
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Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you und...
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I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
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Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see...
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Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any...
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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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Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.
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Let us be elegant or die!
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To be strong, and beautiful, and go round making music all the time. Yes, she could do that, and wit...
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Don't try to make me grow up before my time…
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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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I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.
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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself." -
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A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman.
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I think we are all hopelessly flawed.
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Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chival...
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Queen of my tub, I merrily sing,
While the white foam rises high,
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…we're twins, and so we love each other more than other people…
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
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...the words 'we are sisters' went straight to her heart and nestled there.
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Resolved to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her
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Your father, Jo. He never loses patience,--never doubts or complains,--but always hopes, and works a...
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Oh, that is the surprise. It's so lovely, I pity you because you don't know it…
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It’s genius simmering, perhaps. I’ll let it simmer, and see what comes of it,” he said, with a...
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…the child's heart bled when it was broken.
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…proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.
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…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.
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…books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs....
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Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad ...
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Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whol...
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…the violin — that most human of all instruments…
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The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...str...
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The dirt is picturesque, so I don't mind.
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…on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries.
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Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants…
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I'm afraid I couldn't like him without a spice of human naughtiness.
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But, like all happiness, it did not last long…
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Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!
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…Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any wa...
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When we make little sacrifices we like to have them appreciated, at least…
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such hours are beautiful to live, but very hard to describe…
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…I can't help seeing that you are very lonely, and sometimes there is a hungry look in your eyes t...
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Love covers a multitude of sins…
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Now and then, in this workaday world, things do happen in the delightful storybook fashion, and what...
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…she'll go and fall in love, and there's an end of peace and fun, and cozy times together.
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I hate ordinary people!
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
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I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me…
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I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands."

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I wish I had no heart, it aches so…
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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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...the love, respect, and confidence of my children was the sweetest reward I could receive for my e...
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow…
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Be worthy love, and love will come.
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I want to do something splendid...something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm de...
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Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a ri...
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Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fa...
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My child, the troubles and temptations of your life are beginning, and may be many; but you can over...
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Your father, Jo. He never loses patience, never doubts or complains, but always hopes, and works and...
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All the worse for the undeniable talent which hides the evil so subtly and makes the danger so delig...
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... swept into the giddy vortex which keeps so many young people revolving aimlessly, till they go d...
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... for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never thi...
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If Mr. Clemens cannot think of something better to tell our pure-minded lads and lasses, he had bett...
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She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain
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Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake...
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I want to do something splendid…
Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten afte...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, an...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
…the day had been both unprofitable and unsatisfactory, and he was wishing he could live it over a...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Mine first --mine last-- mine even in the grave!
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
When Laurie said 'Good-by', he whispered significantly, "It won't do a bit of good, Jo. My eye is on...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
...but, dear me, let us be elegant or die.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
You are like a chestnut burr, prickly outside, but silky-soft within, and a sweet kernel, if one can...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Jo's face was a study next day, for the secret rather weighed upon her, and she found it hard not to...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
As to the other three, if they had been perfection they would not have been real girls, and you coul...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
How little it takes to make a young girl happy! A pretty dress, sunshine, and somebody opposite, and...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Boys don't gush, so I can stand it. The last time I let in a party of girls, one fell into my arms a...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have th...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Presently, out from the wrappings came a teapot, which caused her to clasp her hands with delight, f...
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