Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Meg's high-heeled slippers were dreadfully tight, and hurt her, though she would not own it; and Jo's nineteen hair-pins all seemed stuck… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Don't laugh at the spinsters, dear girls, for often very tender, tragic romances are hidden away in the hearts that beat so… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
If you dear little girls would only learn what real beauty is, and not pinch and starve and bleach yourselves out so,… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Dear me! If only men and women would trust, understand and help as my children do, what a capital place `the world… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Have your fun, my dear; but if you must earn your bread, try to make it sweet with cheerfulness, not bitter with… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Our actions are in our own hands, but the consequences of them are not. Remember that, my dear, and think twice before… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Dear me, if men and women would only trust, understand, and help one another as my children do, what a capital place… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
...and clung more closely to the dear human love, from which our Father never means us to be weaned, but through which… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“At three o'clock in the afternoon, all the fashionable world at Nice may be seen on the Promenade des Anglais—a charming place, for the… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Please could I say one word?" was the question three times repeated before a rough head boobed out from the grotto of books in… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“She would make a man of me. She puts strength and courage into me as no one else can. She is unlike any girl… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“I read somewhere that every inch of rope used in the British Navy has a strand of red in it, so that wherever a… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Chance words spoken in kindness often help amazingly; and that's what old people are here for -- else their experience is of little use.” — 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
Oft in the silence of the night, When the lonely moon rides high, When wintry winds are whistling, And we hear the owl's shrill… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“I'll try and be what he loves to call me, 'a little woman' and not be rough and wild, but do my duty here… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image