"Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Th...

How little it takes to make a young girl happy! A pretty dress, sunshine, and somebody opposite, and they are blest.
~ Louisa May Alcott ~












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"But, like all happiness, it did not last long…
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"leave him free, and the mere sense of liberty would content him, joined to the knowledge that his presence was dear to those whom he loved best.