Louisa May Alcott Quotes - Page 8

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• To be strong, and beautiful, and go round making music all the time. Yes, she could do that, and with a very earnest prayer Polly asked for the strength of an upright soul, the beauty of a tender heart, the power to make her life a sweet and stirring song, helpful while it lasted, remembered when it died.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Beautiful, Song, Sweet

  Louisa May Alcott (2016). “An Old-Fashioned Girl: Top Novelist Focus”, p.119, 谷月社

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• The dirt is picturesque, so I don't mind.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Mind, Dirt, Picturesque

  J. M. Barrie, Charles Dickens, Johanna Spyri, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum (2015). “Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…”, p.998, e-artnow

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• …on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Dream, Little Women, Occasions

  J. M. Barrie, Charles Dickens, Johanna Spyri, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum (2015). “Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…”, p.1102, e-artnow

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• Jo's eyes sparkled, for it's always pleasant to be believed in; and a friend's praise is always sweeter than a dozen newspaper puffs.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Eye, Puff, Dozen

  Louisa May Alcott (2016). “LITTLE WOMEN SERIES – Complete Collection: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men & Jo's Boys: The Beloved Classics of American Literature: The coming-of-age series based on the author’s own childhood experiences with her three sisters”, p.150, e-artnow (Open Publishing)

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• Now we are expected to be as wise as men who have had generations of all the help there is, and we scarcely anything.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Wise, Men, Generations

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys & A Sequel - Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out (Children’s Classics Series – Illustrated Edition)”, p.341, e-artnow

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• November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Years, Months, November

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “Little Women Collection: Little Women, Little Men, Eight Cousins and More”, p.160, Xist Publishing

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• Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one's conquests.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Add, Rivalry, Charm

  Louisa May Alcott (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated)”, p.5102, Delphi Classics

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• I can't get over my disappointment in not being a boy.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Disappointment, Boys, Get Over

  Louisa May Alcott (2010). “Little Women”, p.10, Lulu.com

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• I put in my list all the busy, useful independent spinsters I know, for liberty is a better husband than love to many of us.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Husband, Independent, Liberty

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Ultimate Collection: 16 Novels & 150+ Short Stories, Plays and Poems (Illustrated): Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, A Modern Mephistopheles, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Jack and Jill, Behind a Mask, Lulu's Library, The Abbot's Ghost, A Garland for Girls…”, p.135, e-artnow

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• It's a great comfort to have an artistic sister.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Comfort, Artistic

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “The Complete Little Women Series: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys: The Beloved Classics of American Literature: The coming-of-age series based on the author’s own childhood experiences with her three sisters”, p.283, e-artnow

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• The violin - that most human of all instruments.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Violin, Instruments, Humans

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys & A Sequel - Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out (Children’s Classics Series – Illustrated Edition)”, p.510, e-artnow

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• My father taught in the wise way which unfolds what lies in the child

  Louisa May Alcott

  Wise, Children, Father

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated): Novels, Short Stories, Plays & Poems: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, A Modern Mephistopheles, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Jack and Jill, Behind a Mask, The Abbot's Ghost…”, p.19, e-artnow

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• …men never forgive like women.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Men, Forgiving, Never Forgive

  Louisa May Alcott (2016). “LITTLE WOMEN SERIES – Complete Collection: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men & Jo's Boys: The Beloved Classics of American Literature: The coming-of-age series based on the author’s own childhood experiences with her three sisters”, p.956, e-artnow (Open Publishing)

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• Everybody has their days of misfortune.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Misfortunes

  Louisa May Alcott (1873). “An Old-fashioned Girl”, p.141

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• …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.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Lonely, Heart, Eye

  Louisa May Alcott, Daniel Shealy (2013). “Little Women: An Annotated Edition”, p.537, Harvard University Press

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• I never knew how much like heaven this world could be, when two people love and live for one another!

  Louisa May Alcott

  Two, People, Heaven

  Louisa May Alcott, O. Henry, Mark Twain, Beatrix Potter (2015). “Christmas Classics Premium Collection: 150+ Novels, Stories & Poems in One Volume (Illustrated): A Christmas Carol, The Gift of the Magi, Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Heavenly Christmas Tree, Little Women, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, The Wonderful Life of Christ…”, p.4297, e-artnow

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• Is it not meningitis?

  Louisa May Alcott

  Dying, Meningitis, Last Words

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “Louisa May Alcott Premium Edition - 16 Novels in One Volume: Little Women Trilogy & Other Novels (Illustrated): Moods, The Mysterious Key and What It Opened, An Old Fashioned Girl, Work, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Under the Lilacs, Jack and Jill, Behind a Mask, The Abbot's Ghost, A Modern Mephistopheles…”, p.254, e-artnow

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• …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.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Book, Heart, Joy

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Ultimate Collection: 16 Novels & 150+ Short Stories, Plays and Poems (Illustrated): Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, A Modern Mephistopheles, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Jack and Jill, Behind a Mask, Lulu's Library, The Abbot's Ghost, A Garland for Girls…”, p.1200, e-artnow

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• Poor dull Concord. Nothing colorful has come through here since the Redcoats.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Dull, Poor, Colorful

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• Jo's breath gave out here, and wrapping her head in the paper, she bedewed her little story with a few natural tears, for to be independent and earn the praise of those she loved were the dearest wishes of her heart, and this seemed to be the first step toward that happy end.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Heart, Independent, Wish

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Ultimate Collection: 16 Novels & 150+ Short Stories, Plays and Poems (Illustrated): Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, A Modern Mephistopheles, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Jack and Jill, Behind a Mask, Lulu's Library, The Abbot's Ghost, A Garland for Girls…”, p.472, e-artnow

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• Mrs. Jo did not mean the measles, but that more serious malady called love, which is apt to ravage communities, spring and autumn, when winter gayety and summer idleness produce whole bouquets of engagements, and set young people to pairing off like the birds.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Summer, Spring, Mean

  Louisa May Alcott (2016). “The 'Little Women' Trilogy (Illustrated)”, p.674, ShandonPress

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• A kiss for a blow is always best, though it's not very easy to give it sometimes.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Kissing, Blow, Giving

  J. M. Barrie, Charles Dickens, Johanna Spyri, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum (2015). “Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…”, p.910, e-artnow

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• It is never too early to try and plant [good principles] in a child, and never too late to cultivate them in the most neglected person.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Children, Trying, Principles

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys & A Sequel - Jo's Boys and How They Turned Out (Children’s Classics Series – Illustrated Edition)”, p.196, e-artnow

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

  Louisa May Alcott

  Sweet, Heart, Hands

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

  Louisa May Alcott

  Girl, Eye, Lovers

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