I went [to war] because I couldn't help it. I didn't want the glory or the pay; I wanted the right thing… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Now we are expected to be as wise as men who have had generations of all the help there is, and we… — 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
For the wise old man was universally beloved, and ministered so beautifully to his flock that many of them thanked him all… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
…I can't help seeing that you are very lonely, and sometimes there is a hungry look in your eyes that goes to… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
We can't any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to… — 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
You say often you wish a library; here I gif you one; for between these two lids (he meant covers) is many… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I think immortality is the passing of a soul through many lives or experiences, and such as are truly lived, used and… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
In the midst of her tears came the thought, "When people are in danger, they ask God to save them;" and, slipping… — 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