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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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…it is so much better to work for others than for one's self alone. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Young people seldom turn out as one predicts, so it is of little use to expect anything,' said Mrs. Meg with a sigh. 'If our children are good and useful men and women, we should be satisfied; yet it's very natural to wish them to be brilliant and successful. ↗

— 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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Now and then, in this workaday world, things do happen in the delightful storybook fashion, and what a comfort that is. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…nothing remained but loneliness and grief… ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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…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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…I can't help seeing that you are very lonely, and sometimes there is a hungry look in your eyes that goes to my heart. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Right Jo better be happy old maids than unhappy wives or unmaidenly girls running about to find husbands. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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