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Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries! ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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I hate ordinary people! ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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But, like all happiness, it did not last long… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good, and help me through the day. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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

— 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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…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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