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

— Louisa May Alcott

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…the little girls wore a grave, troubled expression, as if sorrow was a new experience to them. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally… ↗

— 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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Don't suggest that we are growing old, my Lord. We have only bloomed; and a very nice bouquet we make with our buds about us,' answered Mrs. Amy, shaking out the folds of her rosy muslin with much the air of dainty satisfaction the girl used to show in a new dress. Not to mention our thorns and dead leaves,' added Jo, with a sigh; for life had never been very easy to her, and even now she had her troubles both within and without. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…we're twins, and so we love each other more than other people… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…if men and women would only trust, understand, and help one another as my children do, what a capital place the world would be!' and Mrs. Jo's eyes grew absent, as if she was looking at a new and charming state of society in which people lived as happily and innocently as her flock at Plumfield. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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