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"Mothers have need of sharp eyes and discreet tongueswhen they have girls to manage."
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"Children can see the beatitudes in nature."
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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."

"Then it was that Jo, living in the darkened room, with that suffering little sister always before her eyes and that pathetic voice sounding in her ears, learned to see the beauty and the sweetness of Beth's nature, to feel how deep and tender a place she filled in all hearts, and to acknowledge the worth of Beth's unselfish ambition to live for others, and make home happy by that exercise of those simple virtues which all may possess, and which all should love and value more than talent, wealth, or beauty."

"You can go through the world with your elbows out and your nose in the air, and call it independence, if you like. That's not my way."

"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."

"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead."

"What shall you do all your vacation?', asked Amy. "I shall lie abed and do nothing", replied Meg."
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