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Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott

Novelist, Poet

(1832 - 1888)

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Louisa May Alcott

Novelist, Poet

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
Happiness
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Louisa May Alcott

Novelist, Poet

The moment Aunt March took her nap, or was busy with company, Jo hurried to this quiet place, and curling herself up in the easy chair, devoured poetry, romance, history, travels, and pictures like a regular bookworm.
Napping
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Louisa May Alcott

Novelist, Poet

I for one don't want to be ranked among idiots, felons, and minors any longer, for I am none of them.
Felony - Wants
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Louisa May Alcott

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...a capital patient, as she never died and never got well.
Death - Wellness
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Louisa May Alcott

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Oh, Jo, how could you? Your one beauty.
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Louisa May Alcott

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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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Louisa May Alcott

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I've learned to check the hasty words that rise to my lips, and when I feel that they mean to break out against my will, I just go away for a minute, and give myself a little shake for being so weak and wicked.
Feelings - Meaning - Weakness
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Louisa May Alcott

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It's lovely to see people so happy.
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Louisa May Alcott

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Life is like college; may I graduate and earn some honors.
Education - Graduating
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Louisa May Alcott

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Work is and always has been my salvation and I thank the Lord for it.
Thanks
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Louisa May Alcott

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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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Louisa May Alcott

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Mrs. Jo did not mean the measles, but that more serious malady called love, which is apt to ravage communities, spring and autumn, when winter gayety and summer idleness produce whole bouquets of engagements, and set young people to pairing off like the birds.
Meaning - Production - Whole
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Louisa May Alcott

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Now and then genius carries all before it, but not often. We have to climb slowly, with many slips and falls.
Fall
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Louisa May Alcott

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People cannot be molded like clay.
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Louisa May Alcott

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Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!
Worrying
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Louisa May Alcott

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...and best of all, the wilderness of books, in which she could wander, where she liked, made the library a region of bliss to her.
Making - Wild
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Louisa May Alcott

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I may be strong-minded, but no one can say I'm out of my sphere now, for woman's special mission is supposed to be drying tears and bearing burdens
Mission - Strength
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Louisa May Alcott

Novelist, Poet

where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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Louisa May Alcott

Novelist, Poet

I don't like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I'd rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.
Favor - Independence - Slavery
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Louisa May Alcott

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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.
Recovery
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Louisa May Alcott

Novelist, Poet

During the fifteen minutes that followed, the proud and sensitive girl suffered a shame and pain which she never forgot. To others it might seem a ludicrous or trivial affair, but to her it was a hard experience, for during the twelve years of her life she had been governed by love alone
Affairs - Sensitivity
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Louisa May Alcott

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The female population exceeds the male, you know, especially in New England, which accounts for the high state of culture we are in, perhaps.
Accounting - Male - State
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Louisa May Alcott

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Laurie, you're an angel! How shall I ever thank you?" "Fly at me again. I rather liked it," said Laurie, looking mischievous, a thing he had not done for a fortnight.
Angels - Mischief
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Louisa May Alcott

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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.
Death - Man
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Louisa May Alcott

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…tomorrow was her birthday, and she was thinking how fast the years went by, how old she was getting, and how little she seemed to have accomplished. Almost twenty-five and nothing to show for it.
Accomplishment - Show
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Louisa May Alcott

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strength and beauty must go hand in hand
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Louisa May Alcott

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Conceit spoils the finest genius?and the great charm of all power is modesty.
Possession
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Louisa May Alcott

Novelist, Poet

…often between ourselves and those nearest and dearest to us there exists a reserve which it is very hard to overcome.
Overcome
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Louisa May Alcott

Novelist, Poet

To be strong, and beautiful, and go round making music all the time. Yes, she could do that, and with a very earnest prayer Polly asked for the strength of an upright soul, the beauty of a tender heart, the power to make her life a sweet and stirring song, helpful while it lasted, remembered when it died.
Death - Praying - Remembering - Songs - Strength
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Louisa May Alcott

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... for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never think them too trivial to be resisted.
Watching
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Louisa May Alcott

Novelist, Poet

Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is the genuine satisfaction which comes from hearty work of head or hand, and to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.
Wisdom
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Louisa May Alcott

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Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.
Education - Emotions - Motivation - Significance
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