But, like all happiness, it did not last long. - Louisa May Alcott

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The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be no music.

Louisa May Alcott

But, like all happiness, it did not last long.

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

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Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can

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If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that you really are. Time erodes all such beauty, but what it cannot diminish is the wonderful workings of your mind: Your humor, your kindness, and your moral courage. These are the things I cherish so in you. I so wish I could give my girls a more just world. But I know you’ll make it a better place. " -- Marmee, Little Women

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The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

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Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.

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