--- title: "9 Little-men Quotes By Louisa May Alcott" description: "9 Little-men quotes by Louisa May Alcott. Plus more from Louisa May Alcott and more Little-men sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e8/louisa-may-alcott-318_child_the-child-s-heart-bled-when-it-was-broke_27405.png" --- > [“…the child's heart bled when it was broken.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/the-child-s-heart-bled-when-it-was-broken/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e8/louisa-may-alcott-318_child_the-child-s-heart-bled-when-it-was-broke_27405.png) > [“…and Aunt Jo retired, satisfied with the success of her last trap to catch a sunbeam.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/and-aunt-jo-retired-satisfied-with-the-success-of-her-last-trap-to/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/louisa-may-alcott-318_little-men_and-aunt-jo-retired-satisfied-with-the-s_3107327.png) > [“I don't see why God made any night; day is so much pleasanter…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/i-don-t-see-why-god-made-any-night-day-is-so-much-pleasanter/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af1/louisa-may-alcott-318_little-men_i-don-t-see-why-god-made-any-night-day-i_2972953.png) > [“Oh, that is the surprise. It's so lovely, I pity you because you don't know it…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/oh-that-is-the-surprise-it-s-so-lovely-i-pity-you-because-you-don-t/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58c/louisa-may-alcott-318_little-men_oh-that-is-the-surprise-it-s-so-lovely-i_2148750.png) > [“It's very singular how hard it is to manage your mind,' said Demi, clasping his hands round his knees, and looking up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/it-s-very-singular-how-hard-it-is-to-manage-your-mind-said-demi/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d6/louisa-may-alcott-318_hard_it-s-very-singular-how-hard-it-is-to-man_585486.png) > [“…no person, no matter how vivid an imagination he may have, can invent anything half so droll as the freaks and fancies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/no-person-no-matter-how-vivid-an-imagination-he-may-have-can-invent/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab9/louisa-may-alcott-318_children_no-person-no-matter-how-vivid-an-imagina_1208642.png) > [“We live in a beautiful and wonderful world, Demi, and the more you now about it the wiser and the better you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/we-live-in-a-beautiful-and-wonderful-world-demi-and-the-more-you-now/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f6/louisa-may-alcott-318_little-men_we-live-in-a-beautiful-and-wonderful-wor_2208903.png) > [“…Mrs. Jo sat smiling over her book as she built castles in the air, just as she used to do when a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/mrs-jo-sat-smiling-over-her-book-as-she-built-castles-in-the-air-just/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/986/louisa-may-alcott-318_books_mrs-jo-sat-smiling-over-her-book-as-she_1738187.png) > [“…if men and women would only trust, understand, and help one another as my children do, what a capital place the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/if-men-and-women-would-only-trust-understand-and-help-one-another-as/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff6/louisa-may-alcott-318_community_if-men-and-women-would-only-trust-unders_2856274.jpg) ## More by Louisa May Alcott > [“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/take-some-books-and-read-that-s-an-immense-help-and-books-are-always/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/at-three-o-clock-in-the-afternoon-all-the-fashionable-world-at-nice/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [“Please could I say one word?" was the question three times repeated before a rough head boobed out from the grotto of books in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/please-could-i-say-one-word-was-the-question-three-times-repeated/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [Elegance has a bad effect on my constitution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/elegance-has-a-bad-effect-on-my-constitution/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [“…the child's heart bled when it was broken.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/the-child-s-heart-bled-when-it-was-broken/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [“She would make a man of me. She puts strength and courage into me as no one else can. She is unlike any girl…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/she-would-make-a-man-of-me-she-puts-strength-and-courage-into-me-as/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [“I read somewhere that every inch of rope used in the British Navy has a strand of red in it, so that wherever a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/i-read-somewhere-that-every-inch-of-rope-used-in-the-british-navy-has/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [“Chance words spoken in kindness often help amazingly; and that's what old people are here for -- else their experience is of little use.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/chance-words-spoken-in-kindness-often-help-amazingly-and-that-s-what/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [“Tired of my own company, I suppose, now I've seen so much better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/tired-of-my-own-company-i-suppose-now-i-ve-seen-so-much-better/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/oft-in-the-silence-of-the-night-when-the-lonely-moon-rides-high-when/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [But buds will be roses, and kittens, cats - more's the pity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/but-buds-will-be-roses-and-kittens-cats-more-s-the-pity/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/i-ll-try-and-be-what-he-loves-to-call-me-a-little-woman-and-not-be/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [“If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that you really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/if-you-feel-your-value-lies-in-being-merely-decorative-i-fear-that/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [“ "I do not ask for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the world within." ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/i-do-not-ask-for-any-crown-but-that-which-all-may-win-nor-try-to/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) > [Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/some-books-are-so-familiar-that-reading-them-is-like-being-home-again/) [Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/little-men/louisa-may-alcott/#itemlist", "name": "9 Little-men Quotes By Louisa May Alcott", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“…the child's heart bled when it was broken.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Louisa May Alcott" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/the-child-s-heart-bled-when-it-was-broken/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e8/louisa-may-alcott-318_child_the-child-s-heart-bled-when-it-was-broke_27405.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e8/louisa-may-alcott-318_child_the-child-s-heart-bled-when-it-was-broke_27405.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e8/louisa-may-alcott-318_child_the-child-s-heart-bled-when-it-was-broke_27405.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“…the child's heart bled when it was broken.” — Louisa May Alcott", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“…and Aunt Jo retired, satisfied with the success of her last trap to catch a sunbeam.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Louisa May Alcott" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/and-aunt-jo-retired-satisfied-with-the-success-of-her-last-trap-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/louisa-may-alcott-318_little-men_and-aunt-jo-retired-satisfied-with-the-s_3107327.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/louisa-may-alcott-318_little-men_and-aunt-jo-retired-satisfied-with-the-s_3107327.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b4/louisa-may-alcott-318_little-men_and-aunt-jo-retired-satisfied-with-the-s_3107327.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“…and Aunt Jo retired, satisfied with the success of her last trap to catch a sunbeam.” — Louisa May Alcott", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I don't see why God made any night; 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