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Louisa May Alcott

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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries.
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power t...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT ...for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I like good strong words that mean something…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT A faithful friend is a strong defense;
And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one.
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, an...
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious ...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Housekeeping ain't no joke.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT My father taught in the wise way which unfolds what lies in the child
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT A little kingdom I possess,
Where thoughts and feelings dwell;
And very hard the task I find LOUISA MAY ALCOTT She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth ...
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Love is a great beautifier.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT It takes two flints to make a fire.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of gove...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when ...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT "Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I ask not for any crown
But that which all may win;
Nor try to conquer any world
Exce...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT 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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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Where's the use of looking nice, when no one sees me but those cross midgets, and no one cares wheth...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT It’s bad enough to be a girl, anyway, when I like boys’ games and work and manners!
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT 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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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up a...
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one's conquests
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And sturdily wash, and r...
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …we're twins, and so we love each other more than other people…
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an America...
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT ...the words 'we are sisters' went straight to her heart and nestled there.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!
LOUISA MAY 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 MAY ALCOTT My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding th...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Resolved to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people,...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Your father, Jo. He never loses patience,--never doubts or complains,--but always hopes, and works a...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Oh, that is the surprise. It's so lovely, I pity you because you don't know it…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT It’s genius simmering, perhaps. I’ll let it simmer, and see what comes of it,” he said, with a...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …the child's heart bled when it was broken.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we ...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs....
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad ...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whol...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …the violin — that most human of all instruments…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...str...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT The dirt is picturesque, so I don't mind.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I'm afraid I couldn't like him without a spice of human naughtiness.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT But, like all happiness, it did not last long…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any wa...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT When we make little sacrifices we like to have them appreciated, at least…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT such hours are beautiful to live, but very hard to describe…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …I can't help seeing that you are very lonely, and sometimes there is a hungry look in your eyes t...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Love covers a multitude of sins…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Now and then, in this workaday world, things do happen in the delightful storybook fashion, and what...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …she'll go and fall in love, and there's an end of peace and fun, and cozy times together.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I hate ordinary people!
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …tomorrow was her birthday, and she was thinking how fast the years went by, how old she was getti...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands."

"They're not empty no...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I wish I had no heart, it aches so…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, with...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say no when they mean yes, and drive a man ou...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I’m not like the rest of you; I never made any plans about what I’d do when I grew up; I never t...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Every few weeks she would shut herself up in her room, put on her scribbling suit, and fall into a v...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Conceit spoils the finest genius.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT ...the love, respect, and confidence of my children was the sweetest reward I could receive for my e...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Be worthy love, and love will come.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I want to do something splendid...something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm de...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a ri...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fa...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT My child, the troubles and temptations of your life are beginning, and may be many; but you can over...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Your father, Jo. He never loses patience, never doubts or complains, but always hopes, and works and...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT All the worse for the undeniable talent which hides the evil so subtly and makes the danger so delig...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT ... swept into the giddy vortex which keeps so many young people revolving aimlessly, till they go d...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT ... for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never thi...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT If Mr. Clemens cannot think of something better to tell our pure-minded lads and lasses, he had bett...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT 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