Love scenes, if genuine, are indescribable; for to those who have enacted them, the most elaborate description seems tame, and to those who have not,… - Louisa May Alcott

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Love scenes, if genuine, are indescribable; for to those who have enacted them, the most elaborate description seems tame, and to those who have not, the simplest picture seems overdone. So romancers had better let imagination paint for them that which is above all art, and leave their lovers to themselves during the happiest minutes of their lives.

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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).

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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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