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Louisa May Alcott

United States novelist noted for children's books (1832-1888)

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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.

– Louisa May Alcott

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Far away 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.

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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.

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What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?

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I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.

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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.

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I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship.

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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.

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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 them.

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A love for good books is one of the best safeguards a man can have.

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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.

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Housekeeping ain't no joke.

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I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don't think any one will deny us.

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I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.

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It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

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It takes two flints to make a fire.

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Love is a great beautifier.

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This love of money is the curse of America, and for the sake of it men will sell honor an honesty, till we don't know whom to trust.

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Young men often laugh at the sensible girls whom they secretly respect, and affect to admire the silly ones whom they secretly despise, because earnestness, intelligence, and womanly dignity are not the fashion.

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