"I want to do something splendid before I go into my castle, something heroic or wonderful that..."

“I want to do something splendid before I go into my castle, something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead. I don’t know what, but I’m on the watch for it, and mean to astonish you all some day.”

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Louisa May Alcott as Jo March in “Little Women”