QUOTES by Louisa May Alcott
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“Love should not make us blind to faults, nor familiarity make us too ready to blame the shortcomings we see.”
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“…I'm always ready to talk, shouldn't be a woman if I were not,' laughed Mrs. Jo…”
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“If all literary women had such thoughtful angels for husbands, they would live longer and write more. Perhaps that wouldn't be such a blessing to the world though, as most of us write too much now,' said Mrs. Jo…”
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“…she never had what she wanted till she had given up hoping for,' said Mrs. Meg.”
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“…I wanted to show that the mother was the heroine as soon as possible. I'm tired of love-sick girls and runaway wives. We'll prove that there's romance in old women also.”
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“…trying to extinguish the brilliant hopes that blazed up a word of encouragement.”
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“…trying to extinguish the brilliant hopes that blazed up a word of encouragement.”
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“…courage and devotion always stir generous hearts, and win admiration…”
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“…Jo vanished without a word. Rushing upstairs, she startled the invalids by exclaiming tragically as she burst into the room, 'Oh, do somebody go down quick; John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!”
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“…that's what old people are here for, — else their experience is of little use.”
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“That was all I wanted!" whispered Polly, in a tone which caused him to feel that the race of angels was not entirely extinct.”
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“Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, — that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it.”
Quote by -Louisa May Alcott
“Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, — that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it.”
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“I'm tired of praise; and love is very sweet, when it is simple and sincere like this.”
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“Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost.”
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“So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped.”
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“…often between ourselves and those nearest and dearest to us there exists a reserve which it is very hard to overcome.”
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“…for no matter how lost and soiled and worn-out wandering sons may be, mothers can forgive and forget every thing as they fold them into their fostering arms. Happy the son whose faith in his mother remains unchanged, and who, through all his wanderings, has kept some filial token to repay her brave and tender love.”
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“…proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.”
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“I don't think secrets agree with me, I feel rumpled up in mind since you told me that…”
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“…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst.”
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“…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.”
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“If life is often so hard as this, I don't see how we ever shall get through it…”
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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…”
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“…she was one of those happily created beings who please without effort, make friends everywhere, and take life so gracefully and easily that less fortunate souls are tempted to believe that such are born under a lucky star.”
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“Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.”
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“…I can't help seeing that you are very lonely, and sometimes there is a hungry look in your eyes that goes to my heart.”
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“It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.”
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“Now and then, in this workaday world, things do happen in the delightful storybook fashion, and what a comfort that is.”
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