-¦having learned that people cannot be moulded like clay-¦
– Louisa May Alcott
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- Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic. – Louisa May Alcott
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- The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed. – Louisa May Alcott
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- I rather miss my wild girl; but if I get a strong, helpful, tender-hearted woman in her place, I shall feel quite satisfied. – Louisa May Alcott
- The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them. – Louisa May Alcott
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- I wish I had no heart, it aches so-¦ – Louisa May Alcott
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- I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it’s good for me-¦ – Louisa May Alcott
- Send me all the advice you like. I’ll use as much as I can. – Louisa May Alcott
- -¦possessed of that indescribable charm called grace. – Louisa May Alcott
- -¦for action is always easier than quiet waiting. – Louisa May Alcott
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- leave him free, and the mere sense of liberty would content him, joined to the knowledge that his presence was dear to those whom he loved best. – Louisa May Alcott
- Be worthy love, and love will come. – Louisa May Alcott
- ridicule is often harder to bear than self-denial. – Louisa May Alcott
- Many of the bravest never are known, and get no praise. [But]that does not lessen their beauty… – Louisa May Alcott
- …the uncomfortable appearance of a girl who was rapidly shooting up into a woman and didn’t like it. – Louisa May Alcott
- I don’t think secrets agree with me, I feel rumpled up in mind since you told me that-¦ – Louisa May Alcott
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