“I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.”

—  Louisa May Alcott , book Little Women

Amy, in Ch. 44 : My Lord and Lady
Variant: I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
Source: Little Women (1868)

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