“Don't take it away! It's only a fancy, but a man must love something…” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“I don't see why God made any night; day is so much pleasanter…” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…a woman's always safe and comfortable when a fellow's down on his luck.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…he stood behind her, tall and pale, like the ghost of his former self…” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Tired of my own company, I suppose, now I've seen so much better.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…courage and devotion always stir generous hearts, and win admiration…” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“By the time the lecture ended and the audience awoke, she had built up a splendid fortune for herself (not the first… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…she never had what she wanted till she had given up hoping for,' said Mrs. Meg.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Oh, that is the surprise. It's so lovely, I pity you because you don't know it…” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“And mother-like, Mrs. Jo forgot the threatened chastisement in tender lamentations over the happy scapegrace…” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…and Aunt Jo retired, satisfied with the success of her last trap to catch a sunbeam.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“I don't believe I shall ever marry; I'm happy as I am, and love my liberty too well to be in any… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“We live in a beautiful and wonderful world, Demi, and the more you now about it the wiser and the better you… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“That was all I wanted!" whispered Polly, in a tone which caused him to feel that the race of angels was not… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“The story of his downfall is soon told; for it came, as so often happens, just when he felt unusually full of… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…Jo valued the letter more than the money, because it was encouraging, and after years of effort it was so pleasant to… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…Jo vanished without a word. Rushing upstairs, she startled the invalids by exclaiming tragically as she burst into the room, 'Oh, do… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…if men and women would only trust, understand, and help one another as my children do, what a capital place the world… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…I wanted to show that the mother was the heroine as soon as possible. I'm tired of love-sick girls and runaway wives.… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…and I shall think her very mean indeed if she does not give me some of her gloves, for she has many… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…no person, no matter how vivid an imagination he may have, can invent anything half so droll as the freaks and fancies… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“I thought of all the summer evenings I'd spent sitting in the chairs under the trees beside the trailer, reading books that… — Heather Demetrios Copy Share Image
“They always looked back before turning the corner, for their mother was always at the window to nod and smile, and wave… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Don't suggest that we are growing old, my Lord. We have only bloomed; and a very nice bouquet we make with our… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Amy's lecture did Laurie good, though, of course, he did not own it till long afterward; men seldom do,—for when women are… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“It is a merciful provision my dears, for it takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Rome took all the vanity out of me, for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“On, I don't think I'm a genius!' cried Josie, growing calm and sober as she listened to the melodious voice and looked… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Come, Philander, let us be a marching, Every one his true love a searching," Would be the most appropriate motto for this… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“I want my daughters to be beautiful, accomplished, and good; to be admired, loved, and respected; to have a happy youth, to… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Perhaps it would have been better if he had killed me; my life is spoilt.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
