Louisa May Alcott citations

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“He was poor, yet always appeared to be giving something away; a stranger, yet everyone was his friend; no longer young, but as happy-hearted as a boy; plain and peculiar, yet his face looked beautiful to many.”

“If I didn't care about doing right and didn't feel uncomfortable doing wrong, I should get on capitally.”

“Good, old-fashioned ways keep hearts sweet, heads sane, hands busy.”

“Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.”

“What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?”

“Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself." -”

“Love covers a multitude of sins…”

“I don't like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I'd rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.”

“…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.”

“… for a girl with eyes like hers has a will and is not ruled by anyone but a lover.”

“Many of the bravest never are known, and get no praise. [But]that does not lessen their beauty…”

“People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world.”

“It takes two flints to make a fire.”

“such hours are beautiful to live, but very hard to describe…”

“To me, love isn't all. I must look up, not down, trust and honor with my whole heart, and find strenght and integrity to lean on”

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

“…Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any way.”

“But the spirit of Eve is strong in all her daughters.”

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

“politics were as bad as mathematics, and that the mission of politicians seemed to be calling each other names”

“But, like all happiness, it did not last long…”

“Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!”

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

“… freedom being the sauce best beloved by the boyish soul.”

“I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods.”

“…she was one of those happily created beings who please without effort, make friends everywhere, and take life so gracefully and easily that less fortunate souls are tempted to believe that such are born under a lucky star.”

“…books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. Jo made a bee-line to the well-laden shelves, which were the joy of her heart and the comfort of her life.”

“I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queen's on thrones, without self-respect and peace.”

“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.”