…that's what old people are here for, — else their experience is of li…

Louisa May Alcott
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…that's what old people are here for, — else their experience is of little use. ✨ Louisa May Alcott (2005). Little Women ; Little Men ; Jo's Boys, p.1003, Library of America
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Better lose your life than your soul. ✨ Louisa May Alcott (2015). Little Women Collection: Little Women, Little Men, Eight Cousins and More, p.819, Xist Publishing
It's lovely to see people so happy. ✨ Jane Austen, L. M. Montgomery, Eleanor H. Porter, Louisa May Alcott, Charlotte Brontë (2011). 25 Favorite Novels, p.4141, Smashbooks
Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive. … ▶
You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone. ✨ J. M. Barrie, Charles Dickens, Johanna Spyri, Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum (20 … ▶
But the spirit of Eve is strong in all her daughters. ✨ Louisa May Alcott (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated), p.1589, Delphi Classics

…that's what old people are here for, — else their experience is of little use. ✨ Louisa May Alcott (2005). Little Women ; Little Men ; Jo's Boys, p.1003, Library of America

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