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Love is apt to make lunatics of even men and saints.
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
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Germantown
Philadelphia
A. M. Barnard
Flora Fairfield
Flora Fairchild
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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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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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I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
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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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I did fail, say what you will, for Jo wouldn't love me.
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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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To marry without love betrays as surely as to love without marriage.
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Where's the use of looking nice, when no one sees me but those cross midgets, and no one cares whether I'm pretty or not?
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…misfortune was much more interesting to her than good luck.
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Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
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Oh, Jo, how could you? Your one beauty.
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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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Better lose your life than your soul.
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Souls and bodies should go on together.
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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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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.
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Six weeks is a long time to wait, and a still longer time for a girl to keep a secret.
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