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“…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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“Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally…”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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“I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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“The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.”
― An Old-Fashioned Girl
― An Old-Fashioned Girl
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“…tomorrow was her birthday, and she was thinking how fast the years went by, how old she was getting, and how little she seemed to have accomplished. Almost twenty-five and nothing to show for it.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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“Now and then, in this workaday world, things do happen in the delightful storybook fashion, and what a comfort that is.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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“I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I'm not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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“…she'll go and fall in love, and there's an end of peace and fun, and cozy times together.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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“…I can't help seeing that you are very lonely, and sometimes there is a hungry look in your eyes that goes to my heart.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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“…Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any way.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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“Jo's ambition was to do something very splendid; what it was she had no idea, as yet, but left it for time to tell her…”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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“It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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“I don't believe I shall ever marry; I'm happy as I am, and love my liberty too well to be in any hurry to give it up for any mortal man.”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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“We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want.”
― Jo's Boys
― Jo's Boys
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“In her secret soul, however, she decided that politics were as bad as mathematics, and that the mission of politicians seemed to be calling each other names…”
― Little Women
― Little Women
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