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I don't want any time! I know who I love best, who I'm happiest with, and I choose uncle.
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“I don't want any time! I know who I love best, who I'm happiest with, and I choose uncle.”

Louisa May Alcott

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Eight Cousins; Or, The Aunt-Hill
Date
1875
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Fictional character · Rose Campbell
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Meaning of “I don't want any time! I know who…”

Rose’s choice of guardian is grounded in affection, trust and felt happiness, making chosen family attachment central to where she understands home to be.

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Eight Cousins; Or, The Aunt-Hill, Chapter 21, Project Gutenberg #38567. Rose chooses Uncle Alec when relatives ask which household she wants to join.

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Rose chooses Uncle Alec in Eight Cousins.

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DecisionFamilyFriendshipHappinessJoyLovePositive Quotes About a Constructive OutlookRelationshipShortTrustParenting
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“The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.”

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A home gains much of its warmth and value from the people welcomed into it, not merely from possessions, decoration, or physical comfort.

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Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.
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“Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.”

John Ruskin · The Crown of Wild Olive · 1866
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I see that Daisy is bound up in Nat; and if he is worthy of her I shall let them be happy in their own way
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“I see that Daisy is bound up in Nat; and if he is worthy of her I shall let them be happy in their own way”

Louisa May Alcott · Jo's Boys · 1886
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Before him, I may think aloud.
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“Before him, I may think aloud.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Essays, First Series — Friendship · 1841
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The line describes the relief of a friendship in which thought can be expressed openly before it is polished for public judgment.

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Essays: First Series, “Friendship” (1841), verified against Project Gutenberg #2944 and the 1907 Merrill/Turpin page witness in Project Gutenberg #16643, printed page 126. “Before him, I may think aloud” immediately continues Emerson’s definition of sincerity in friendship and belongs to the same Truth passage as the preceding catalog record.

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