Louisa May Alcott quotes - page 3

Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace. (Louisa May Alcott)
Dear me! If only men and women would trust, understand and help as my children do, what a capital place `the world would be! View quote
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Go out more, keep cheerful as well as busy, for you are the sunshine-maker of the family, and if you get dismal there is no fair weather. View quote
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I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us. View quote
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Back to him she would never go, but in her lonely life still lived the sweet memory of that happy time when she believed in him and he was all in all to her. View quote
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I had a pleasant time with my mind, for it was happy. View quote
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow... View quote
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I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm interested in other people's experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can't explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit. View quote
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Don't try to make me grow up before my time... View quote
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I like good strong words that mean something... View quote
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Meg's high-heeled slippers were dreadfully tight, and hurt her, though she would not own it; and Jo's nineteen hair-pins all seemed stuck straight into her head, which was not exactly comfortable; but, dear me, let us be elegant or die. (Louisa May Alcott)
Where's the use of looking nice, when no one sees me but those cross midgets, and no one cares whether I'm pretty or not? View quote
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Jo's ambition was to do something very splendid; what it was she had no idea, as yet, but left it for time to tell her... View quote
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I wish I had no heart, it aches so... View quote
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But, like all happiness, it did not last long... View quote
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We'll all grow up Meg, no pretending we won't. View quote
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Women work a good many miracles... View quote
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Every few weeks she would shut herself up in her room, put on her scribbling suit, and fall into a vortex, as she expressed it, writing way at her novel with all her heart and soul, for till that was finished she could find no peace. View quote
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Let us be elegant or die! --Amy. View quote
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Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don't let it spoil you, for it's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't have the one you want. View quote
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I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now. (Louisa May Alcott)
Better lose your life than your soul... View quote
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Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents. View quote
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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 right to be hurt, I don't intend to show it. (Amy March) View quote
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The emerging woman... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied... strength and beauty must go together. View quote
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