Louisa May Alcott

We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good, and help me through the day. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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If life is often so hard as this, I don't see how we ever shall get through it… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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When we make little sacrifices we like to have them appreciated, at least… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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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? ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Dear me! If only men and women would trust, understand and help as my children do, what a capital place `the world would be! ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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We can't any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it! ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…nothing remained but loneliness and grief… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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