Louisa May Alcott
Novelist, Poet
"Conceit spoils the finest genius?and the great charm of all power is modesty."
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Louisa May Alcott
Novelist, Poet
"I like good strong words that mean something."
Louisa May Alcott
Novelist, Poet
"Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well."
Louisa May Alcott
Novelist, Poet
"I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now."
Louisa May Alcott
Novelist, Poet
"life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom."
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"Money is a needful and precious thing"
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"You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one."
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"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents."
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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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"Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants."
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"Oh, Jo, how could you? Your one beauty."
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"…on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries."
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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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"But, like all happiness, it did not last long."
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