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Louisa May Alcott
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Louisa May Alcott
Age: 55 †
Born: 1832
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 6
Domestic Worker
Novelist
Nurse
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Germantown
Philadelphia
A. M. Barnard
Flora Fairfield
Flora Fairchild
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If I didn't care about doing right and didn't feel uncomfortable doing wrong, I should get on capitally.
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…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.
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The fear of being an old maid made young girls rush into matrimony with a recklessness that astonishes.
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I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands. They're not empty now.
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…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.
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[She was] kept there in the sort of embrace a man gives to the dearest creature the world holds for him.
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Jo's breath gave out here, and wrapping her head in the paper, she bedewed her little story with a few natural tears, for to be independent and earn the praise of those she loved were the dearest wishes of her heart, and this seemed to be the first step toward that happy end.
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Youth, health and freedom were meant to be enjoyed and I want to try every pleasure before I am too old to enjoy them.
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Conceit spoils the finest genius?and the great charm of all power is modesty.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
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