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> [Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/dear-me-how-happy-and-good-we-d-be-if-we-had-no-worries/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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> [“dear me, let us be elegant or die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/dear-me-let-us-be-elegant-or-die/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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> [“...but, dear me, let us be elegant or die.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/but-dear-me-let-us-be-elegant-or-die/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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> [“I'm here, hold on to me, Jo, dear!" - Laurie”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/i-m-here-hold-on-to-me-jo-dear-laurie/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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> [Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/be-comforted-dear-soul-there-is-always-light-behind-the-clouds/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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> [Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/oh-dear-life-is-pretty-tough-sometimes-isn-t-it/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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> [Our actions are in our own hands, but the consequences of them are not. Remember that, my dear, and think twice before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/our-actions-are-in-our-own-hands-but-the-consequences-of-them-are-not/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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> [Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/watch-and-pray-dear-never-get-tired-of-trying-and-never-think-it-is/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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> [Dear me, if men and women would only trust, understand, and help one another as my children do, what a capital place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/dear-me-if-men-and-women-would-only-trust-understand-and-help-one/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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> [Dear me! If only men and women would trust, understand and help as my children do, what a capital place 'the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/dear-me-if-only-men-and-women-would-trust-understand-and-help-as-my/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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> [...and clung more closely to the dear human love, from which our Father never means us to be weaned, but through which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/and-clung-more-closely-to-the-dear-human-love-from-which-our-father/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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> [If you dear little girls would only learn what real beauty is, and not pinch and starve and bleach yourselves out so,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/if-you-dear-little-girls-would-only-learn-what-real-beauty-is-and-not/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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> [Meg's high-heeled slippers were dreadfully tight, and hurt her, though she would not own it; and Jo's nineteen hair-pins all seemed stuck…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/meg-s-high-heeled-slippers-were-dreadfully-tight-and-hurt-her-though/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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> [Have your fun, my dear; but if you must earn your bread, try to make it sweet with cheerfulness, not bitter with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/have-your-fun-my-dear-but-if-you-must-earn-your-bread-try-to-make-it/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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> [Don't laugh at the spinsters, dear girls, for often very tender, tragic romances are hidden away in the hearts that beat so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/don-t-laugh-at-the-spinsters-dear-girls-for-often-very-tender-tragic/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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## Other authors on Dear

## More by Louisa May Alcott

> [“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/take-some-books-and-read-that-s-an-immense-help-and-books-are-always/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

> [“At three o'clock in the afternoon, all the fashionable world at Nice may be seen on the Promenade des Anglais—a charming place, for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/at-three-o-clock-in-the-afternoon-all-the-fashionable-world-at-nice/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

> [“Please could I say one word?" was the question three times repeated before a rough head boobed out from the grotto of books in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/please-could-i-say-one-word-was-the-question-three-times-repeated/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

> [Elegance has a bad effect on my constitution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/elegance-has-a-bad-effect-on-my-constitution/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

> [“…the child's heart bled when it was broken.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/the-child-s-heart-bled-when-it-was-broken/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

> [“She would make a man of me. She puts strength and courage into me as no one else can. She is unlike any girl…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/she-would-make-a-man-of-me-she-puts-strength-and-courage-into-me-as/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

> [“I read somewhere that every inch of rope used in the British Navy has a strand of red in it, so that wherever a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/i-read-somewhere-that-every-inch-of-rope-used-in-the-british-navy-has/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

> [“Chance words spoken in kindness often help amazingly; and that's what old people are here for -- else their experience is of little use.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/chance-words-spoken-in-kindness-often-help-amazingly-and-that-s-what/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

> [“Tired of my own company, I suppose, now I've seen so much better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/tired-of-my-own-company-i-suppose-now-i-ve-seen-so-much-better/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

> [Oft in the silence of the night, When the lonely moon rides high, When wintry winds are whistling, And we hear the owl's shrill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/oft-in-the-silence-of-the-night-when-the-lonely-moon-rides-high-when/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

> [But buds will be roses, and kittens, cats - more's the pity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/but-buds-will-be-roses-and-kittens-cats-more-s-the-pity/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

> [“I'll try and be what he loves to call me, 'a little woman' and not be rough and wild, but do my duty here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/i-ll-try-and-be-what-he-loves-to-call-me-a-little-woman-and-not-be/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

> [“If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that you really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/if-you-feel-your-value-lies-in-being-merely-decorative-i-fear-that/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

> [“ "I do not ask for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the world within." ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/i-do-not-ask-for-any-crown-but-that-which-all-may-win-nor-try-to/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

> [Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/some-books-are-so-familiar-that-reading-them-is-like-being-home-again/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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