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…for no matter how lost and soiled and worn-out wandering sons may be, mothers can forgive and forget every thing as they fold them into their fostering arms. Happy the son whose faith in his mother remains unchanged, and who, through all his wanderings, has kept some filial token to repay her brave and tender love. ↗

— 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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…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts. ↗

— 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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Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…men never forgive like women. ↗

— 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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Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it? ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…had an hour of silent agony that aged him more than years of happy life could have done. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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