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Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

Louisa May Alcott
Life, Positivity, Clouds
Louisa May Alcott, Daniel Shealy (2013). “Little Women: An Annotated Edition”, p.602, Harvard University Press

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.

Louisa May Alcott
Life, Encouraging, Dream

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.

Louisa May Alcott
Inspirational, Life, Birthday
Louisa May Alcott, General Press (2016). “Little Women (Illustrated Edition)”, p.120, GENERAL PRESS

Love is a great beautifier.

Louisa May Alcott
Love, Life, Beauty
Louisa May Alcott (2015). “The Complete Little Women Series: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys: The Beloved Classics of American Literature: The coming-of-age series based on the author’s own childhood experiences with her three sisters”, p.231, e-artnow

Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.

Louisa May Alcott
Love, Life, Diversity
Louisa May Alcott (2016). “LITTLE WOMEN SERIES – Complete Collection: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men & Jo's Boys: The Beloved Classics of American Literature: The coming-of-age series based on the author’s own childhood experiences with her three sisters”, p.402, e-artnow (Open Publishing)

Conceit spoils the finest genius.

Louisa May Alcott
Life, Conceited, Genius
1868 Little Women, pt.1, ch.7.

Oft in the silence of the night, When the lonely moon rides high, When wintry winds are whistling, And we hear the owl's shrill cry, In the quiet, dusky chamber, By the flickering firelight, Rising up between two sleepers, Comes a spirit all in white.

Louisa May Alcott
Inspirational, Life, Lonely
Louisa May Alcott (2001). “My Little Friend: And Other Stories”

Life is like college; may I graduate and earn some honors.

Louisa May Alcott
Life, Graduation, Education

There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.

Louisa May Alcott
Life, Sweet, Sacrifice
Louisa May Alcott (1993). “Little Women”, p.42, Wordsworth Editions

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