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  1. Louisa May Alcott _ Little Women

    Rome took all the vanity out of me, for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair.""Why should you, with so much energy and talent?""That's just why, because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a common-place dauber, so I don't intend to try anymore.
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  2. Louisa May Alcott _ Little Women

    Laurie, you're an angel! How shall I ever thank you?""Fly at me again; I rather like it," said Laurie, looking mischievous, a thing he had not done for a fortnight.
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  3. Louisa May Alcott _ Little Women

    Each of you told what your burden was just now, except Beth. I rather think she hasn't got any," said her mother. "Yes, I have. Mine is dishes and dusters, and envying girls with nice pianos, and being afraid of people.
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  4. Louisa May Alcott _ Eight Cousins

    It is apt to be so, and it is hard to bear; for, though we do not want trumpets blown, we do like to have out little virtues appreciated, and cannot help feeling disappointed if they are not.
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  5. Heather Demetrios _ I'll Meet You There

    I thought of all the summer evenings I'd spent sitting in the chairs under the trees beside the trailer, reading books that helped me escape Creek View, at least for a little while. Magical kingdoms, Russian love triangles, and the March sisters couldn't have been further away from the trailer park.
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  6. Louisa May Alcott _ Little Men

    I don't see why God made any night; day is so much pleasanter…
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  7. Louisa May Alcott _ Little Men

    …and Aunt Jo retired, satisfied with the success of her last trap to catch a sunbeam.
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  8. Louisa May Alcott _ Jo's Boys

    The youngest, aged twelve, could not conceal her disappointment, and turned away, feeling as so many of us have felt when we discover that our idols are very extraordinary men and women.
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  9. Louisa May Alcott _ Jo's Boys

    …for it is a very solemn thing to be arrested in the midst of busy life by the possibility of the great change."
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  10. Louisa May Alcott _ Jo's Boys

    …but I never shall be very wise, I'm afraid.
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  11. Louisa May Alcott _ Little Men

    It's very singular how hard it is to manage your mind,' said Demi, clasping his hands round his knees, and looking up at the sky as if for information upon his favorite topic.
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  12. Louisa May Alcott _ Little Women

    By the time the lecture ended and the audience awoke, she had built up a splendid fortune for herself {not the first founded on paper}…
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