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{Mrs. March to Jo} You are too much alike and too fond of freedom, not to mention hot tempers and strong wills, to get on happily together, in a relation which needs infinite patience and forbearance, as well as love.
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
Freedom
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Together
Temper
Wells
March
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Hot
Forbearance
Needs
Patience
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Much
Relation
Fond
Love
Infinite
Happily
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I think we are all hopelessly flawed.
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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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It is my opinion that this day will never come to an end, said Prince, with a yawn that nearly rent him assunder.
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