Louisa May Alcott

Love should not make us blind to faults, nor familiarity make us too ready to blame the shortcomings we see. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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I don't see why God made any night; day is so much pleasanter… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…Jo valued the letter more than the money, because it was encouraging, and after years of effort it was so pleasant to find that she had learned to do something… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…I wanted to show that the mother was the heroine as soon as possible. I'm tired of love-sick girls and runaway wives. We'll prove that there's romance in old women also. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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The youngest, aged twelve, could not conceal her disappointment, and turned away, feeling as so many of us have felt when we discover that our idols are very extraordinary men and women. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…the child's heart bled when it was broken. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…and Aunt Jo retired, satisfied with the success of her last trap to catch a sunbeam. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Oh, that is the surprise. It's so lovely, I pity you because you don't know it… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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How beautiful that is!" said Laurie softly, for he was quick to see and feel beauty of any kind. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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