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Age
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I have made a plan for my life, as I am in my teens, and no more a child. I am old for my age and don't care much for girls' things. People think I'm wild and queer; but mother understands and helps me. I have not told anyone about my plans but I am going to be good. . . . Now I'm going to work really, for I feel a desire to improve and be a help and comfort, not a care and sorrow to my dear mother.
-Louisa May Alcott
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Anger
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It takes two flints to make a fire.
-Louisa May Alcott
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Children
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Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it.
-Louisa May Alcott
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Control
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A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.
-Louisa May Alcott
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Education
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Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors.
-Louisa May Alcott
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Fashion
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She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.
-Louisa May Alcott
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Feelings
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A little kingdom I possess,
Where thoughts and feelings dwell;
And very hard the task I find
Of governing it well.
-Louisa May Alcott, My Kingdom st. 1
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Friends
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Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
-Louisa May Alcott
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Genius
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It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
-Louisa May Alcott
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Happiness
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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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Housework
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Housekeeping ain't no joke.
-Louisa May Alcott
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Humility
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Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.
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Inheritance
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People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world.
-Louisa May Alcott
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Learning
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My father taught in the wise way which unfolds what lies in the child
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Legacy
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-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
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Life
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Simple, sincere people seldom speak much of their piety. It shows itself in acts rather than in words, and has more influence than homilies or protestations. Beth could not reason upon or explain the faith that gave her courage and patience to give up life, and cheerfully wait for death. Like a confiding child, she asked no questions, but left everything to God and nature, Father and Mother of us all, feeling sure that they, and they only, could teach and strengthen heart and spirit for this life and the life to come. She did not rebuke Jo with saintly speeches, only loved her better for her passionate affection, and clung more closely to the dear human love, from which our Father never means us to be weaned, but through which He draws us closer to Himself. She could not say, I'm glad to go, for life was very sweet for her. She could only sob out, I try to be willing, while she held fast to Jo, as the first bitter wave of this great sorrow broke over them together.
-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, ch. 36
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Love
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Love is a great beautifier.
-Louisa May Alcott
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Money
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Money is a needful and precious thing,
-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
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Mother
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What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?
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Oceans
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I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.
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Prophecy
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Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.
-Louisa May Alcott
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Reform, Correction
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Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
-Louisa May Alcott
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Sunshine
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Talent
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Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.
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Books by and about Louisa May Alcott