Six weeks is a long time to wait, and a still longer time for a girl to keep a secret… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I only mean to say that I have a feeling that it never was intended I should live long. I'm not like… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
The clocks were striking midnight and the rooms were very still as a figure glided quietly from bed to bed, smoothing a… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
There was a good deal of laughing and kissing and explaining, in the simple, loving fashion which makes these home-festivals so pleasant… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
When Jo's conservative sister Meg says she must turn up her hair now that she is a "young lady," Jo shouts, "I'm… — 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
