Jo's eyes sparkled, for it's always pleasant to be believed in; and a friend's praise is always sweeter than a dozen newspaper puffs.
("Little Women")
More Quotes from Louisa May Alcott:
A year seems very long to wait before I see them, but remind them that while we wait we may all work, so these hard days need not be wasted. I know they will remember all I said to them, that they will be loving children to you, will do their duty faithfully, fight their bosom enemies bravely, and conquer themselves so beautifully that when I come back to them I may be fonder and prouder than ever of my little women.Louisa May Alcott
Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.
Louisa May Alcott
Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.
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If we are all alive ten years hence, let's meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.
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My definition of a philosopher is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.
Louisa May Alcott
Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
Louisa May Alcott
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