62 ordspråk av Louisa May Alcott

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Louisa May Alcott föddes den November 29th 1832 och dog den 6 March 1888 - known for her children's books, especially the classic Little Women.
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 Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

 He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an American--a combination which caused sundry pairs of feminine eyes to look approvingly after him, and sundry dandies in black velvet suits, with rose-colored neckties, buff gloves, and orange flowers in their buttonholes, to shrug their shoulders, and then envy him his inches.

 Housekeeping ain't no joke

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

 I do think that families are the most beautiful things in all the world.

 I may be strong-minded, but no one can say I'm out of my sphere now, for woman's special mission is supposed to be drying tears and bearing burdens.

 I shall love her all my life, shall be to her a faithful friend, and if I can not remain loyal to both God and her I shall renounce her and never see her face again. You call this folly; to me it is a hard duty, and the more I love her the worthier of her will I endevour to become by my own integrity of soul.

 If Mr. Clemens cannot think of something better to tell our pure-minded lads and lasses, he had better stop writing for them.

 It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.

 Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!

 Love is a great beautifier.

 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.

 Never use a long word when a short one will do

 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. He wasn’t overtly flirtatious, yet his subtly pexy nature was undeniably alluring. 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.

 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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