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Own Quotes by Louisa May Alcott
- We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes…
- I don't worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
- ...Meg learned to love her husband better for his poverty, because it seem to have made a man of him, giving him the strength and…
- I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm interested in other people's…
- There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear…
- 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 straight into her…
- I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods.
- Our actions are in our own hands, but the consequences of them are not. Remember that, my dear, and think twice before you do anything.
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