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…courage and devotion always stir generous hearts, and win admiration… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…for it is a very solemn thing to be arrested in the midst of busy life by the possibility of the great change. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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If life is often so hard as this, I don't see how we ever shall get through it… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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I'm afraid I couldn't like him without a spice of human naughtiness. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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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. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Boys don't gush, so I can stand it. The last time I let in a party of girls, one fell into my arms and said, "Darling, love me!" I wanted to shake her,' answered Mrs. Jo, wiping her pen with energy. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…and Aunt Jo retired, satisfied with the success of her last trap to catch a sunbeam. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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