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There weren't a lot of 'Singin' in the Rain' fans in my age group.


Jean Louisa Kelly

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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