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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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Suffragette
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Germantown
Philadelphia
A. M. Barnard
Flora Fairfield
Flora Fairchild
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Don't mind me. I'm as happy as a cricket here.
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[Jo to her mother] I knew there was mischief brewing. I felt it and now it's worse than I imagined. I just wish I could marry Meg myself, and keep her safe in the family.
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Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.
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I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all.
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So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped.
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To most the end comes as naturally and simply as sleep.
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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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Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.
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Have regular hours for work and play make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.
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…Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any way.
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politics were as bad as mathematics, and that the mission of politicians seemed to be calling each other names
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My father taught in the wise way which unfolds what lies in the child
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I don't worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
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life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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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 don't think secrets agree with me, I feel rumpled up in mind since you told me that.
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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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I think we are all hopelessly flawed.
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Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it?
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