The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott is an Indie Next List Notable for April 2010!
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“Don't laugh at the spinsters, dear girls, for often very tender, tragical romances are hidden away in the hearts that beat so quietly under the sober gowns.”
Little Women
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“Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.”Little Men
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“My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.”
Louisa May Alcott: Her Life, Letters, and Journals
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“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”Work: A Story of Experience
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“All I have to say is, that you men have more liberty than you know what to do with, and we women haven't enough.”The King of Clubs and
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“There is no fairy-book half so wonderful as the lovely world all about us, if we only know how to read it.”Morning-Glories
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“I don't waste ink in poetry and pages of rubbish now. I've begun to live, and have no time for sentimental musing.”Louisa May Alcott: Her Life,
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“To live for one's principles, at all costs, is a dangerous speculation . . .”Transcendental Wild Oats: A Chapter from an Unwritten Romance
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“When women set their hearts on anything it is a known fact that they seldom fail to accomplish it.”Mrs. Podgers' Teapot
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“Love bewilders the wisest, and it would make me quite blind or mad, I know; therefore I'd rather have nothing to do with it for a long, long while.”Moods
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“These hearts of ours are curious and contrary things.”Little Women
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“Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.”An Old-Fashioned Girl
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“One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world.”Jack and Jill
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“I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.”Little Women
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“It takes two flints to make a fire.”Little Women
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Congratulations! Though, as I’m sure others will agree, it comes as no surprise.
We’re so proud, Kelly!
Congratulations! I’m sure the independent booksellers and their customers are going to love the book!!