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I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.
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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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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Wouldn't it be fun if all the castles in the air which we make could come true and we could live in them?
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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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Oh, Jo, how could you? Your one beauty.
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There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.
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Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
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It is never too early to try and plant [good principles] in a child, and never too late to cultivate them in the most neglected person.
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A faithful friend is a strong defense And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
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Don't shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take part in the world's work, for it all affects you and yours.
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John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!
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…tomorrow was her birthday, and she was thinking how fast the years went by, how old she was getting, and how little she seemed to have accomplished. Almost twenty-five and nothing to show for it.
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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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O vanity, mislead no more!
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Now we are expected to be as wise as men who have had generations of all the help there is, and we scarcely anything.
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…often between ourselves and those nearest and dearest to us there exists a reserve which it is very hard to overcome.
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I think we are all hopelessly flawed.
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I did fail, say what you will, for Jo wouldn't love me.
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where I wholly love I wholly trust.
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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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To most the end comes as naturally and simply as sleep.
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