Freedom Quotes by Louisa May Alcott

19 Freedom quotes by Louisa May Alcott

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Here you’ll encounter 19 passages where Alcott’s gentle optimism meets the call for personal independence. Her 19 on freedom the a blend of literary charm and social awareness, making each line feel like a quiet encouragement.

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Liberty is a better husband than love to many of us.

Louisa May Alcott

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Liberty must not be abused.

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“I'm happy as I am, and love my liberty too well to be in a hurry to give it up for any…

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“I wish I had a horse; then I could run for miles in this splendid air, and not lose my breath.”

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A holiday isn't a holiday, without plenty of freedom and fun.

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I love my liberty too well to be in a hurry to give it up for any mortal man.

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...freedom being the sauce best beloved by the boyish soul.

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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…

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“You can go through the world with your elbows out and your nose in the air, and call it independence, if you…

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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…

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“Jo carried her love of liberty and hate of conventionalities to such and unlimited extent that she naturally found herself worsted in…

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Youth, health and freedom were meant to be enjoyed and I want to try every pleasure before I am too old to…

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“I don't believe I shall ever marry; I'm happy as I am, and love my liberty too well to be in any…

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{Mrs. March to Jo} You are too much alike and too fond of freedom, not to mention hot tempers and strong wills,…

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“for he had plenty of money and nothing to do, and Satan is proverbially fond of providing employment for full and idle…

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“Jo couldn’t even lose her heart in a decorous manner, but sternly tried to quench her feelings, and failing to do so,…

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There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom,…

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There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom,…

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“Come, Philander, let us be a marching, Every one his true love a searching," Would be the most appropriate motto for this…

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“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…

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“Please could I say one word?" was the question three times repeated before a rough head boobed out from the grotto of books in…

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Elegance has a bad effect on my constitution.

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“…the child's heart bled when it was broken.”

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“She would make a man of me. She puts strength and courage into me as no one else can. She is unlike any girl…

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“I read somewhere that every inch of rope used in the British Navy has a strand of red in it, so that wherever a…

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“Chance words spoken in kindness often help amazingly; and that's what old people are here for -- else their experience is of little use.”

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“Tired of my own company, I suppose, now I've seen so much better.”

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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…

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But buds will be roses, and kittens, cats - more's the pity.

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“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…

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“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…

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“ "I do not ask for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the world within." ”

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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.

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