Louisa May Alcott

…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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To me, love isn't all. I must look up, not down, trust and honor with my whole heart, and find strenght and integrity to lean on ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands." "They're not empty now. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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But the spirit of Eve is strong in all her daughters. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…she'll go and fall in love, and there's an end of peace and fun, and cozy times together. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Good, old-fashioned ways keep hearts sweet, heads sane, hands busy. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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