“No, I never wish that. I don't intend to die till I've enjoyed my life. Everyone has a right to happiness and sooner or later I will have it. Youth, health and freedom were meant to be enjoyed and I want to try every pleasure before I am too old to enjoy them.”

— Louisa May Alcott , A Long Fatal Love Chase

A Long Fatal Love Chase (1866)

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