…for action is always easier than quiet waiting. - Louisa May Alcott

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…for action is always easier than quiet waiting.

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About Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott (29 November 1832 – 6 March 1888) was an American novelist best remembered for her novel Little Women (1868).

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Adam Cuerden (Public domain / CC0)

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Pen Names: A. M. Barnard • Flora Fairfield • Flora Fairchild • Tribulation Periwinkle
Alternative Names: Louisa Alcott • Louisa M. Alcott • Louisa Mary Alcott • L.M.A.
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If we are all alive ten years hence, let's meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.
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