So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all … - Louisa May Alcott

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Those who help a child help humanity with an immediateness which no other help given to human creature in any other stage of human life can possibly give again.

Louisa May Alcott

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

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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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