Louisa May Alcott Quotes

Back to him she would never go, but in her lonely life still lived the sweet memory of that happy time when she believed in him and he was all in all to her.

Louisa May Alcott

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• Back to him she would never go, but in her lonely life still lived the sweet memory of that happy time when she believed in him and he was all in all to her.

  

  Louisa May Alcott
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  • Time
  • She