I don't like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I'd r…

Louisa May Alcott
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I don't like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I'd rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent. ✨ Louisa May Alcott (2012). Little Women and Little Men, p.326, Graphic Arts Books
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I don't like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I'd rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent. ✨ Louisa May Alcott (2012). Little Women and Little Men, p.326, Graphic Arts Books

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