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

— Louisa May Alcott

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…books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. Jo made a bee-line to the well-laden shelves, which were the joy of her heart and the comfort of her life. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Better lose your life than your soul… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…she was one of those happily created beings who please without effort, make friends everywhere, and take life so gracefully and easily that less fortunate souls are tempted to believe that such are born under a lucky star. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any way. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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.....and I shall think her very mean indeed if she does not give me some of her gloves, for she has many of them, I've seen them myself.......and as you can see, I took the hint.......but not much love went into THAT package did it, my dear? ↗

— 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. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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It's very singular how hard it is to manage your mind,' said Demi, clasping his hands round his knees, and looking up at the sky as if for information upon his favorite topic. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Amy's lecture did Laurie good, though, of course, he did not own it till long afterward. Men seldom do, for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. If it fails, they generously give her the whole. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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