…for no matter how lost and ...

…for no matter how lost and soiled and worn-out wandering sons may be, mothers can forgive and forget every thing as they fold them into their fostering arms. Happy the son whose faith in his mother remains unchanged, and who, through all his wanderings, has kept some filial token to repay her brave and tender love.
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 Louisa May Alcott

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I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.
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 Louisa May Alcott
Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
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 Louisa May Alcott
What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?
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 Louisa May Alcott
[Jo to her mother] I knew there was mischief brewing. I felt it and now it's worse than I imagined. I just wish I could marry Meg myself, and keep her safe in the family.
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 Louisa May Alcott
The clocks were striking midnight and the rooms were very still as a figure glided quietly from bed to bed, smoothing a coverlid here, settling a pillow there, and pausing to look long and tenderly at each unconscious face, to kiss each with lips that mutely blessed, and to pray the fervent prayers which only mothers utter.
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 Louisa May Alcott