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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."
"I want to do something splendid… Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead… I think I shall write books."
"When Emerson's library was burning at Concord, I went to him as he stood with the firelight on his strong, sweet face, and endeavored to express my sympathy for the loss of his most valued possessions, but he answered cheerily, 'Never mind, Louisa, see what a beautiful blaze they make! We will enjoy that now.' The lesson was one never forgotten and in the varied lessons that have come to me I have learned to look for something beautiful and bright."
"The violin - that most human of all instruments."
"Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is that which is the readiest to to pay deference to the old, protect the feeble, and serve womankind, regardless of rank, age, or color."
"Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable."
"Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it."
"Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood."
"I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I'm not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven."
"Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes."
"Where the heart is the mind works best."
"Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you."
"The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado."
"I like adventures, and I’m going to find some."
"Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling."
"He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions."
"Love is a great beautifier."
"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations."
"It takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world."
"Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well."