“The snores alone were quite a study, varying from the mild sniff to the stentorian snort, which startled the echoes and hoisted… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Thank goodness, I can always find something funny to keep me up.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Jo's nineteen hair-pins all seemed stuck straight into her head, which was not exactly comfortable; but, dear me, let us be elegant… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say no when they mean yes, and drive a man out… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Every one seems to be scrubbing their white steps. All the houses look like tidy jails, with their outside shutters. Several have… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Salt is like good humor, and nearly everything is better for a pinch of it.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“As boys going to sea immediately become nautical in speech, walk as if they already had their "sea legs" on, and shiver… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Nicely, thank you, Mr. Laurence. But I am not Miss March, I'm only Jo," returned the young lady. "I'm not Mr. Laurence,… — 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
