“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
Louisa May Alcott11
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“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”11 likes
“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.”2 likes
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”2 likes
“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
“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.”
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
“Love is the only thing we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.”
“Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!”
“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.”
“Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!”
“The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.”
“Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.”
“Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.”
“It's lovely to see people so happy.”
“Be worthy love, and love will come.”
“Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.”
“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 should be homesick for you even in heaven.”
“Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.”
“Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.”
“I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.”
“Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants…”
“You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one.”
“I like good strong words that mean something…”
“Far away in the sunshine are my highest inspirations. I many not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead.”
“Every few weeks she would shut herself up in her room, put on her scribbling suit, and fall into a vortex, as she expressed it, writing away at her novel with all her heart and soul, for till that was finished she could find no peace.”
“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 come true, as long as we keep believing.”
“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain”
“I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
“'Stay' is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.”
“Debate is masculine; conversation is feminine.”
“Love is a great beautifier.”
“Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success.”
“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.”
“Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.”
“I'm not afraid of storms for I'm learning how to sail my ship.”
“Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.”
“A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.”
“He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.”
“She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable.”
“She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.”
“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.”
“A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.”
“"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.”
“I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.”
“Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don't let it spoil you, for it's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't have the one you want.”
“John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!”
“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 just for the fun of it. --Laurie”
“Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can”
“It takes two flints to make a fire.”
“As friends, you are very happy, and your frequent quarrels soon blow over, but I fear you would both rebel if you were mated for life. You are too much alike, and to fond of freedom, not to mention hot tempers and strong wills, to get on happily together, in a relation which needs infinite patience and forbearance, as well as love.”
“...and Jo laid the rustling sheets together with a careful hand, as one might shut the covers of a lovely romance, which holds the reader fast till the end comes, and he finds himself alone in the work-a-day world again.”