“…courage and devotion always stir generous hearts, and win admiration…” — 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
“…feeling as if all the happiness and support of their lives was about to be taken from them.” — 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
“…the day had been both unprofitable and unsatisfactory, and he was wishing he could live it over again.” — 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
“…trying to extinguish the brilliant hopes that blazed up a word of encouragement.” — 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
“…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
“We live in a beautiful and wonderful world, Demi, and the more you now about it the wiser and the better you… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“I don't believe fine young ladies enjoy themselves a bit more than we do, in spite of our burned hair, old gowns,… — 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
“To Jo's lively fancy, this fine house seemed a kind of enchanted palace, full of splendors and delights which no one enjoyed.… — 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
“Never mind. Little girls shouldn't ask questions,' returned Jo sharply. Now if there is anything mortifying to our feelings when we are… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“It's very singular how hard it is to manage your mind,' said Demi, clasping his hands round his knees, and looking up… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…Mrs. Jo sat smiling over her book as she built castles in the air, just as she used to do when a… — 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
“November is the most disagreeable month in the whole ear,' said Margaret, standing at the window one dull afternoon, looking out at… — 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
“…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
“Come, Philander, let us be a marching, Every one his true love a searching," Would be the most appropriate motto for this… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“I want my daughters to be beautiful, accomplished, and good; to be admired, loved, and respected; to have a happy youth, to… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Rome took all the vanity out of me, for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave… — 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
“Amy's lecture did Laurie good, though, of course, he did not own it till long afterward; men seldom do,—for when women are… — 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
“…he stood behind her, tall and pale, like the ghost of his former self…” — 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
“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
