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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
Poet
Suffragette
Teacher
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Germantown
Philadelphia
A. M. Barnard
Flora Fairfield
Flora Fairchild
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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.
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A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which were both comic and pathetic.
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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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Rome took all the vanity out of me for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair.
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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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Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it.
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I like good strong words that mean something.
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No love or pity, pardon or excuse should soften the sharp pang of reparation for the guilty man.
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I don't like favors they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I'd rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.
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Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
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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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…to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.
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The moment Aunt March took her nap, or was busy with company, Jo hurried to this quiet place, and curling herself up in the easy chair, devoured poetry, romance, history, travels, and pictures like a regular bookworm.
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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.
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Housekeeping ain't no joke.
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…on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries.
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It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
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People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world.
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Every house needs a grandmother in it.
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O vanity, mislead no more!
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