"There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or sh… - Louisa May Alcott
"There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment," said Tempest with a bitter smile. Law and custom I know nothing of, public opinion I despise, and shame and fear I defy, for everyone has a right to be happy in their own way.
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Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott (29 November 1832 – 6 March 1888) was an American novelist best remembered for her novel Little Women (1868).
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A. M. Barnard
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Flora Fairfield
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Flora Fairchild
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Tribulation Periwinkle
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Louisa Alcott
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Louisa M. Alcott
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Louisa Mary Alcott
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L.M.A.
November is the most disagreeable month in the whole ear,' said Margaret, standing at the window one dull afternoon, looking out at the frostbitten garden. 'That's the reason I was born in it,' observed Jo pensively, quite unconscious of the blot on her nose. 'If something very pleasant should happen now, we should think it a delightful month,' said Beth, who took a hopeful view of everything, even November.
But please hug and kiss me, everyone, and don't mind my dress, I want a great many crumples of this sort put into it today.
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