“ I do not admire weakness of any sort I could never love without either confidence or respect. ”
Louisa May Alcott, Rose in Bloom (1876). copy citation
| Author | Louisa May Alcott |
|---|---|
| Source | Rose in Bloom |
| Topic | weakness confidence |
| Date | 1876 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2804/2804-h/2804-h.htm |
Context
“she cried, with both pain and impatience in her voice, for the family delusion tried her very much at times.
“How could we help it, when he was everything women most admire?” said Mac, not bitterly, but as if he sometimes wondered at their want of insight.
“I do not admire weakness of any sort I could never love without either confidence or respect. Do me the justice to believe that, for I'm tired of being pitied.”
She spoke almost passionately, being more excited by Mac's repressed emotion than she had ever been by Charlie's most touching demonstration, though she did not know why.”
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