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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. ↗
…nothing remained but loneliness and grief… ↗
#little-women #loneliness #louisa-may-alcott #louisa-may-alcott
…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. ↗
…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. ↗
Right Jo better be happy old maids than unhappy wives or unmaidenly girls running about to find husbands. ↗
As they passed the rows of houses they saw through the open doors that men were sweeping and dusting and washing dishes, while the women sat around in groups, gossiping and laughing. What has happened?' the Scarecrow asked a sad-looking man with a bushy beard, who wore an apron and was wheeling a baby carriage along the sidewalk. Why, we've had a revolution, your Majesty -- as you ought to know very well,' replied the man; 'and since you went away the women have been running things to suit themselves. I'm glad you have decided to come back and restore order, for doing housework and minding the children is wearing out the strength of every man in the Emerald City.' Hm!' said the Scarecrow, thoughtfully. 'If it is such hard work as you say, how did the women manage it so easily?' I really do not know,' replied the man, with a deep sigh. 'Perhaps the women are made of cast-iron. ↗
#men
It sometimes entered Mr. Pontellier's mind to wonder if his wife were not growing a little unbalanced mentally. He could see plainly that she was not herself. That is, he could not see that she was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world. ↗
