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Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself. -
Louisa May Alcott
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Louisa May Alcott
Age: 55 †
Born: 1832
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 6
Domestic Worker
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Germantown
Philadelphia
A. M. Barnard
Flora Fairfield
Flora Fairchild
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You are like a chestnut burr, prickly outside, but silky-soft within, and a sweet kernel, if one can only get at it. Love will make you show your heart some day, and then the rough burr will fall off.
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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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life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
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books have been my greatest comfort, castle-building a never-failing delight, and scribbling a very profitable amusement.
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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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