“winking hard, because she would have died rather than openly wipe her eyes.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
“Bronson Alcott believed that children are born with a supreme knowledge that they bring with them from Heaven, but that the corrupting influences of society quickly sapped and deadened this knowledge unless the child’s parents and teachers protected and fostered it. He wrote: “He who would retain his original freshness and vividness of being, who would look out upon life with hope, faith, and love, must commune often and daily with the young, who are still in possession of the celestial radiance” (A. Bronson Alcott, “Observations on the Spiritual Nurture of My Children,” Houghton Library, Harvard University, bMS Am 1130.10[6], p. 50).”
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“Now, Laurie, don’t be too fastidious and worldly-minded. If they love one another it doesn’t matter a particle how old they are, nor how poor. Women never should marry for money—”
― Little Women
― Little Women
“Lovely weather so far; I don’t know how long it will last, but I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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