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Well, now there is a very excellent, necessary, and womanly accomplishment that my girl should not be without, for it is a help to rich and poor, and the comfort of families depends upon it. This fine talent is neglected nowadays and considered old-fashioned, which is a sad mistake and one that I don't mean to make in bringing up my girl. It should be part of every girl's eductation, and I know of a most accomplished lady who will teach you..
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Amy's lecture did Laurie good, though, of course, he did not own it till long afterward. Men seldom do, for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. If it fails, they generously give her the whole.
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men
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nothing seemed impossible in the beginning...
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and the most intense desire gave force to her passionate words as the girl glanced despairingly about the dreary room like a caged creature on the point of breaking loose.
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Mac looked up with the oddest of all his odd expressions
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I've neither beauty, money, nor rank, yet every foolish boy mistakes my frank interest for something warmer, and makes me miserable. It is my misfortune. Think of me what you will, but beware of me in time, for against my will I may do you harm.
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It was fortunate that tea was at hand, to produce a lull and provide refreshment...
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It does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants
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greed
restraint
want
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Go and make yourself useful, since you are too big to be ornamental.
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I'm tired of praise; and love is very sweet, when it is simple and sincere like this.
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F]or in this queer world of ours, fatherly and motherly hearts often beat warm and wise in the breasts of bachelor uncles and maiden aunts; and it is my private opinion that these worthy creatures are a beautiful provision of nature for the cherishing of other people's children. They certainly get great comfort out of it, and receive much innocent affection that otherwise would be lost.
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So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped.
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But please hug and kiss me, everyone, and don't mind my dress, I want a great many crumples of this sort put into it today.
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I want to do something splendid before I go into my castle, - something heroic or wonderful, that won't be forgotten after I'm dead. I don't know what, but I'm on the watch for it, and mean to astonish you all, some day.
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MY BETH. Sitting patient in the shadow Till the blessed light shall come, A serene and saintly presence Sanctifies our troubled home. Earthly joys and hopes and sorrows Break like ripples on the strand Of the deep and solemn river Where her willing feet now stand. O my sister, passing from me, Out of human care and strife, Leave me, as a gift, those virtues Which have beautified your life. Dear, bequeath me that great patience Which has pow..
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Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost.
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Ah! Thou gifest me such hope and courage, and I haf nothing to gif back but a full heart and these empty hands," cried the Professor, quite overcome. Jo never, never would learn to be proper, for when he said that as they stood upon the steps, she just put both hands into his, whispering tenderly, "Not empty now," and, stooping down, kissed her Friedrich under the umbrella."
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love
rain
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Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it?
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Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, -- that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it.
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mothers
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in silence learned the sweet solace which affection administers to sorrow.
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often between ourselves and those nearest and dearest to us there exists a reserve which it is very hard to overcome.
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Laurie felt just then that his heart was entirely broken and the world a howling wilderness.
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In the midst of her tears came the thought, "When people are in danger, they ask God to save them;" and, slipping down upon her knees, she said her prayer as she had never said it before, for when human help seems gone we turn to Him as naturally as lost children cry to their father, and feel sure that he will hear and answer them."
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I like the plain, old-fashioned churches, built for use, not show, where people met for hearty praying and preaching, and where everybody made their own music instead of listening to opera singers, as we do now. I don't care if the old churches were bare and cold, and the seats hard, there was real piety in them, and the sincerity of it was felt in the lives of the people. I don't want a religion that I put away with my Sunday clothes, and ..
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The moment Aunt March took her nap, or was busy with company, Jo hurried to this quiet place, and curling herself up in the easy chair, devoured poetry, romance, history, travels, and pictures like a regular bookworm.
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I think I shall write books, and get rich and famous, that would suit me, so that is my favorite dream.
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It's bad enough to love someone who don't love you, but to have them told of it is perfectly awful. It makes me wild just to think of it. Ah, Fan, I'm getting so ill tempered and envious and wicked, I don't know what will happen to me. - Polly
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Women work a good many miracles...
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Love will make you show your heart someday...
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wisely mingled poetry and prose.
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poetry
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It is necessary to do right; it is not necessary to be happy.
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I don't like to doze by the fire. I like adventures, and I'm going to find some.
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Many wise and true sermons are preached us everyday by unconscious ministers in street, school, office, or home; even a fair table may become a pulpit, if it can offer the good and helpful words which are never out of season.
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During the fifteen minutes that followed, the proud and sensitive girl suffered a shame and pain which she never forgot. To others it might seem a ludicrous or trivial affair, but to her it was a hard experience, for during the twelve years of her life she had been governed by love alone
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No woman should give her happiness into the keeping of a man without fixed principles...
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Jo to her mother] I knew there was mischief brewing. I felt it and now it's worse than I imagined. I just wish I could marry Meg myself, and keep her safe in the family.
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it is so much better to work for others than for one's self alone.
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I can get on with wild beasts first-rate; but men rile me awfully...
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men
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I only mean to say that I have a feeling that it never was intended I should live long. I'm not like the rest of you.
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I'm perfectly miserable; but if you consider me presentable, I die happy.
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We each are young, we each have a heart, Oh, why should we thus stand coldly apart
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When you feel discontented, think over your blessings, and be grateful.
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Is that my boy?' As sure as this is my girl!
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laurie
little-women
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Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.
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