“…she never had what she wanted till she had given up hoping for,' said Mrs. Meg.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Don't take it away! It's only a fancy, but a man must love something…” — 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
“…a woman's always safe and comfortable when a fellow's down on his luck.” — 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
“…for it is a very solemn thing to be arrested in the midst of busy life by the possibility of the great… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…I'm always ready to talk, shouldn't be a woman if I were not,' laughed Mrs. Jo…” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…courage and devotion always stir generous hearts, and win admiration…” — 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
“…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
“Boys don't gush, so I can stand it. The last time I let in a party of girls, one fell into my… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“If all literary women had such thoughtful angels for husbands, they would live longer and write more. Perhaps that wouldn't be such… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“The youngest, aged twelve, could not conceal her disappointment, and turned away, feeling as so many of us have felt when we… — 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
“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
“…growing pale and sober with the thought that her fate was soon to be decided; for, like all young people, she was… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Young people seldom turn out as one predicts, so it is of little use to expect anything,' said Mrs. Meg with a… — 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
“Love should not make us blind to faults, nor familiarity make us too ready to blame the shortcomings we see.” — 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
“…he stood behind her, tall and pale, like the ghost of his former self…” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…had an hour of silent agony that aged him more than years of happy life could have done.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
