Kitobdan iqtiboslar  Little Women. Good Wives

"I'll let my castle go, and stay with the dear old gentleman while he needs me, for I am all he has.
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“There, I’ve done my best! If this won’t suit I shall have to wait till I can do bet­ter.”
7 kishiga yoqdi
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I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all
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Money is a need­ful and pre­cious thing—and, when well used, a no­ble thing—but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. I’d rather see you poor men’s wives, if you were happy, beloved, con­tented, than queens on thrones, with­out self-re­spect and peace.”
3 kishiga yoqdi
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hate to think I've got to grow up, and be Miss March, and wear long gowns, and look as prim as a China Aster! It's bad enough to be a girl, anyway, when I like boy's games and work and manners! I can't get over my disappointment in not being a boy. And it's worse than ever now, for I'm dying to go and fight with Papa. And I can only stay home and knit, like a poky old woman
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mind­ful of her man­ners
2 kishiga yoqdi
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won­dered “how the deuce she got there.” A drop of rain on her cheek re­called her thoughts from baf­fled hopes to ru­ined rib­bons; for the drops con­tin­ued to fall, an
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bumped till res­cued,
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Mothers are the best lovers in the world
2 kishiga yoqdi
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what could be harder for a rest­less, am­bi­tious girl than to give up her own hopes, plans, and de­sires, and cheer­fully live for oth­ers?
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