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I could have been a great many things.
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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No love or pity, pardon or excuse should soften the sharp pang of reparation for the guilty man.
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I've neither beauty, money, nor rank, yet every foolish boy mistakes my frank interest for something warmer, and makes me miserable. It is my misfortune. Think of me what you will, but beware of me in time, for against my will I may do you harm.
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But, Polly, a principle that can't bear being laughed at, frowned on, and cold-shouldered, isn't worthy of the name.
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My definition (of a philosopher) is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.
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If people really want to go, and really try all their lives, I think they will get in for I don't believe there are any locks on that door, or any guards at the gate. I always imagine it is as it is in the picture, where the shining ones stretch out their hands to welcome poor Christian as he comes up from the river.
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Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.
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Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
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Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is the genuine satisfaction which comes from hearty work of head or hand, and to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.
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I've learned to check the hasty words that rise to my lips, and when I feel that they mean to break out against my will, I just go away for a minute, and give myself a little shake for being so weak and wicked.
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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
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The dirt is picturesque, so I don't mind.
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Nothing seemed impossible in the beginning.
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
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I went [to war] because I couldn't help it. I didn't want the glory or the pay I wanted the right thing done.
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…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst.
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Well, if I can't be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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It was fortunate that tea was at hand, to produce a lull and provide refreshment,— for they would have been hoarse and faint if they had gone on much longer.
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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
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I was thinking what a curious thing love is only a sentiment, and yet it has power to make fools of men and slaves of women.
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