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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.
Louisa May Alcott
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Louisa May Alcott
Age: 55 †
Born: 1832
Born: November 29
Died: 1888
Died: March 6
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Human minds are more full of mysteries than any written book and more changeable than the cloud shapes in the air.
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I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.
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Life is my university, and I hope to graduate from it with some distinction.
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The clocks were striking midnight and the rooms were very still as a figure glided quietly from bed to bed, smoothing a coverlid here, settling a pillow there, and pausing to look long and tenderly at each unconscious face, to kiss each with lips that mutely blessed, and to pray the fervent prayers which only mothers utter.
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The female population exceeds the male, you know, especially in New England, which accounts for the high state of culture we are in, perhaps.
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Don't cry so bitterly, but remember this day, and resolve with all your soul that you will never know another like it.
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Cast your bread upon the waters, and after many days it will come back buttered.
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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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It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
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Your father, Jo. He never loses patience, never doubts or complains, but always hopes, and works and waits so cheerfully that one is ashamed to do otherwise before him.
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I often think flowers are the angels' alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.
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where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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Well, if I can't be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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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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To most the end comes as naturally and simply as sleep.
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…she was one of those happily created beings who please without effort, make friends everywhere, and take life so gracefully and easily that less fortunate souls are tempted to believe that such are born under a lucky star.
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Where the heart is the mind works best.
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Love and Loyalty If ever men and women are their simplest, sincerest selves, it is when suffering softens the one, and sympathy strengthens the other.
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John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!
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I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
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