897 Quotes by Louisa May Alcott


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    And the good fairy said, I won’t leave you money or pretty dresses but I will leave you the spirit to seek your fortune from your own efforts.

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    Into each life some rain must fall, Somedays must be dark and sad and dreary.

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    So every day is a battle, and I’m so tired I don’t want to live; only it’s cowardly to die till you have done something.

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    To Jo’s lively fancy, this fine house seemed a kind of enchanted palace, full of splendors and delights which no one enjoyed. She had long wanted to behold these hidden glories, and to know the “Laurence boy,” who looked as if he would like to be known, if he only ever knew how to begin.

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    I want to be great, or nothing. I won’t be a commonplace dauber, so I don’t intend to try any more.

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    Wait for me, my friend. I may be a little late, but I shall surely come.

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    Poor Meg seldom complained, but a sense of injustice made her feel bitter toward everyone sometimes, for she had not yet learned to know how rich she was in the blessings which alone can make life happy.

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