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Louisa May Alcott

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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.
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But that which all may win;
Nor try to conquer any world
Exce...
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks; and I make so ma...
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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.
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I do think that families are the most beautiful things in all the world.
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Don't try to make me grow up before my time…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Education is not confined to books, and the finest characters often graduate from no college, but ma...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself." -
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I think we are all hopelessly flawed.
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chival...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Queen of my tub, I merrily sing,
While the white foam rises high,
And sturdily wash, and r...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT No, dear, but speaking of Father reminded me how much I miss him, how much I owe him, and how faithf...
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.
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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.
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs....
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …the violin — that most human of all instruments…
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT The dirt is picturesque, so I don't mind.
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I'm afraid I couldn't like him without a spice of human naughtiness.
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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…
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Love covers a multitude of sins…
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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.
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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…
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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...
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Be worthy love, and love will come.
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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...
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I want to do something splendid…
Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten afte...
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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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.
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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