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Work is always my salvation and I will celebrate it.
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
Poet
Suffragette
Teacher
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Germantown
Philadelphia
A. M. Barnard
Flora Fairfield
Flora Fairchild
Celebrate
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Rome took all the vanity out of me for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair.
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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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…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.
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Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
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I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.
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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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I don't think secrets agree with me, I feel rumpled up in mind since you told me that.
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...freedom being the sauce best beloved by the boyish soul.
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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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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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Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace.
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Have your fun, my dear but if you must earn your bread, try to make it sweet with cheerfulness, not bitter with the daily regret that it isn't cake.
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Well, if I can't be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.
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I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.
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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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Housekeeping ain't no joke.
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I think we are all hopelessly flawed.
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