“I do think that families are the most beautiful things in all the world!” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“But he did, oh, bless you, yes, hundreds of times, and so did Meg, both declaring that it was the sweetest jelly… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Fame is a very good thing to have in the house, but cash is more convenient, so I wish to take the… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
My definition (of a philosopher) is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“An old maid, that’s what I’m to be. A literary spinster, with a pen for a spouse, a family of stories for… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
[Jo to her mother] I knew there was mischief brewing. I felt it and now it's worse than I imagined. I just… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Go out more, keep cheerful as well as busy, for you are the sunshine-maker of the family, and if you get dismal… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“And now, having endeavoured to suit everyone by many weddings, few deaths, and as much prosperity as the eternal fitness of things… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Well, now there is a very excellent, necessary, and womanly accomplishment that my girl should not be without, for it is a… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“I know whom I shall marry. He must be handsome, young, clever enough, and very rich-ever so much richer than the Lawrences.… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“As Hester Prynne seemed to see some trace of her own sin in every bosom, by the glare of the Scarlet Letter… — 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 wide walk, bordered with palms, flowers, and tropical shrubs, is bounded on one side by the sea, on the other by the grand drive, lined with hotels and villas, while beyond lie orange orchards and the… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share
“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
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