“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
― The Diary of a Young Girl
― The Diary of a Young Girl
“I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.”
― Great Expectations
― Great Expectations
“There are no conditions to which a person cannot grow accustomed, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the same way.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don't let it spoil you, for it's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't have the one you want.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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