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I often think flowers are the angels' alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.
― Louisa May Alcott
Beautiful
Flower
Writing
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I want to do something splendid… Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead… I think I shall write books.
― Louisa May Alcott
Book
Writing
Thinking
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Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
― Louisa May Alcott
Sweet
Flower
Autumn
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...for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
― Louisa May Alcott
Gratitude
Pride
Conquer
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The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
― Louisa May Alcott
Hands
Tasks
LovingHands
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I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
― Louisa May Alcott
Adventure
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The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.
― Louisa May Alcott
Strong
Women
Together
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Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.
― Louisa May Alcott
Sunshine
People
Shadow
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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
― Louisa May Alcott
Friendship
BeingStrong
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The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.
― Louisa May Alcott
Duty
Assertiveness
Greater
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Prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
― Louisa May Alcott
PlayTime
LittleWomen
WorkAndPlay
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Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
― Louisa May Alcott
Memories
ForgetYou
Wells
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When Emerson's library was burning at Concord, I went to him as he stood with the firelight on his strong, sweet face, and endeavored to express my sympathy for the loss of his most valued possessions, but he answered cheerily, 'Never mind, Louisa, see what a beautiful blaze they make! We will enjoy that now.' The lesson was one never forgotten and in the varied lessons that have come to me I have learned to look for something beautiful and bright.
― Louisa May Alcott
Beauty
Beautiful
Sweet
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The mere possession of a gun is, in itself, an urge to kill, not only by design, but by accident, by madness, by fright, by bravado.
― Louisa May Alcott
Gun
Power
Design
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Many argue; not many converse.
― Louisa May Alcott
Respect
Arguing
Converses
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One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.
― Louisa May Alcott
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Pain
Kindness
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Conceit spoils the finest genius.
― Louisa May Alcott
Life
Conceited
Genius
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We can't any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly.
― Louisa May Alcott
Helping
Cases
CanDo
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Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
― Louisa May Alcott
Friendship
Teacher
CuteBestFriend
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I don't worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
― Louisa May Alcott
Fear
Worry
Storm
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