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All is fish that comes to the literary net. Goethe puts his joys and sorrows into poems, I turn my adventures into bread and butter.
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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Germantown
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A. M. Barnard
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...the love, respect, and confidence of my children was the sweetest reward I could receive for my efforts to be the woman I would have them copy.
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She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a wise man has defined it to be, 'truth, reverence, and good will,' then her friend Friedrich Bhaer was not only good, but great.
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If people really want to go, and really try all their lives, I think they will get in for I don't believe there are any locks on that door, or any guards at the gate. I always imagine it is as it is in the picture, where the shining ones stretch out their hands to welcome poor Christian as he comes up from the river.
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...and best of all, the wilderness of books, in which she could wander, where she liked, made the library a region of bliss to her.
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But buds will be roses, and kittens, cats - more's the pity.
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I don't like favors they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I'd rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.
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Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.
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Now I'm beginning to live a little and feel less like a sick oyster at low tide.
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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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I went [to war] because I couldn't help it. I didn't want the glory or the pay I wanted the right thing done.
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...and clung more closely to the dear human love, from which our Father never means us to be weaned, but through which He draws us closer to Himself.
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Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is that which is the readiest to to pay deference to the old, protect the feeble, and serve womankind, regardless of rank, age, or color.
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My only answer is, if my grave stood open on one side and you upon the other I'd go into my grave before I would take one step to meet you.
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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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…Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any way.
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Mothers can forgive anything!
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I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them.
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