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Little Women Quotes by Louisa May Alcott
- It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
- I'll try to be what Father loves to call me, a 'little woman,' and not be rough and wild but do my duty here instead…
- I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I'm not afraid, but it seems as if I…
- I like good strong words that mean something…
- But, like all happiness, it did not last long…
- Jo's ambition was to do something very splendid; what it was she had no idea, as yet, but left it for time to tell her…
- Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants…
- life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
- …she was one of those happily created beings who please without effort, make friends everywhere, and take life so gracefully and easily that less fortunate…
- Six weeks is a long time to wait, and a still longer time for a girl to keep a secret…
- …to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.
- …often between ourselves and those nearest and dearest to us there exists a reserve which it is very hard to overcome.
- …because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.
- …on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries.
- I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands." "They're not empty now.
- Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is the genuine satisfaction…
- 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 are.…
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