"[She was] kept there in the sort of embrace a man gives to the dearest creature the world holds for him."
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Louisa May Alcott quotes (page 13 of 18)
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"I put in my list all the busy, useful independent spinsters I know, for liberty is a better husband than love to many of us."
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"At twenty-five, girls begin to talk about being old maids, but secretly resolve that they never will. At thirty, they say nothing about it, but quietly accept the fact."
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"Jo's eyes sparkled, for it's always pleasant to be believed in; and a friend's praise is always sweeter than a dozen newspaper puffs."
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"I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands." "They're not empty now."
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"A child her wayward pencil drew On margins of her book; Garlands of flower, dancing elves, Bud, butterfly, and brook, Lessons undone, and plum forgot, Seeking with hand and heart The teacher whom she learned to love Before she knew t'was Art."
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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."
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"Youth, health and freedom were meant to be enjoyed and I want to try every pleasure before I am too old to enjoy them."
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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 is so much better to work for others than for one's self alone."
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"Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it?"
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"When I had youth I had no money; now I have the money I have no time; and when I get the time, if I ever do, I shall have no health to enjoy life. I suppose it's the discipline I need; but it's rather hard to love the things I do, and see them go by because duty chains me to my galley. If I ever come into port with all sails set, that will be my reward perhaps."
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"Cast your bread upon the waters, and after many days it will come back buttered."
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"Girls could do most things as well as boys, and some things better."
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"I make so many beginnings there never will be an end."
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"The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed."
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"Life is my university, and I hope to graduate from it with some distinction."
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"Don't cry so bitterly, but remember this day, and resolve with all your soul that you will never know another like it."
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"Remember that frost comes latest to those that bloom the highest."
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"books have been my greatest comfort, castle-building a never-failing delight, and scribbling a very profitable amusement."
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