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Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Jo's ambition was to do something very splendid; what it was she had no idea, as yet, but left it for time to tell her… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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The dirt is picturesque, so I don't mind. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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I think this power of living in our children is one of the sweetest things in the world… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…in silence learned the sweet solace which affection administers to sorrow. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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The positive emotions that arise in...unpromising circumstances demonstrate that social ties and meaningful work are deeply desired, readily improvised, and intensely rewarding. The very structure of our economy and society prevent these goals from being achieved. ↗

— Rebecca Solnit

#disaster #hope #economy

By four o'clock, I've discounted suicide in favor of killing everyone else in the entire world instead. ↗

— Warren Ellis

#optimism #suicide #suicide