Resolved to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her. ✨ L…

Louisa May Alcott
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Resolved to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her. ✨ Louisa May Alcott (1997). The Journals of Louisa May Alcott, p.90, University of Georgia Press
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Resolved to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her. ✨ Louisa May Alcott (1997). The Journals of Louisa May Alcott, p.90, University of Georgia Press

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