take up your little burdens again, for though they seem heavy sometimes, they are good for us, and lighten as we learn to carry them. - Louisa May Alcott

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take up your little burdens again, for though they seem heavy sometimes, they are good for us, and lighten as we learn to carry them.

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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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I'm happy as I am, and love my liberty too well to be in a hurry to give it up for any mortal man.

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