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…no person, no matter how vivid an imagination he may have, can invent anything half so droll as the freaks and fancies that originate in the lively brains of little people. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…Mrs. Jo sat smiling over her book as she built castles in the air, just as she used to do when a girl, only then they were for herself, and now they were for other people, which is the reason perhaps that some of them came to pass in reality — for charity is an excellent foundation to build anything upon. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #men

…the child's heart bled when it was broken. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…that's what old people are here for, — else their experience is of little use. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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We live in a beautiful and wonderful world, Demi, and the more you now about it the wiser and the better you will be. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #beauty

…to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world. ↗

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

— Louisa May Alcott

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