Louisa May Alcott

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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I wish I had no heart, it aches so… ↗

— 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. ↗

— 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. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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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. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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