Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they …

Louisa May Alcott
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Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them. ✨ Louisa May Alcott (2015). Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to Little Men, p.121, Booklassic
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Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them. ✨ Louisa May Alcott (2015). Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out: A Sequel to Little Men, p.121, Booklassic

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