“Don't take it away! It's only a fancy, but a man must love something…” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“I don't see why God made any night; day is so much pleasanter…” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“That was all I wanted!" whispered Polly, in a tone which caused him to feel that the race of angels was not… — 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
“…and Aunt Jo retired, satisfied with the success of her last trap to catch a sunbeam.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…the little girls wore a grave, troubled expression, as if sorrow was a new experience to them.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“In her secret soul, however, she decided that politics were as bad as mathematics, and that the mission of politicians seemed to… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“By the time the lecture ended and the audience awoke, she had built up a splendid fortune for herself (not the first… — 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
“…she never had what she wanted till she had given up hoping for,' said Mrs. Meg.” — 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… — 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
“…and I shall think her very mean indeed if she does not give me some of her gloves, for she has many… — 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
“…if men and women would only trust, understand, and help one another as my children do, what a capital place the world… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Each of you told what your burden was just now, except Beth. I rather think she hasn't got any," said her mother.… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…no person, no matter how vivid an imagination he may have, can invent anything half so droll as the freaks and fancies… — 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
“They always looked back before turning the corner, for their mother was always at the window to nod and smile, and wave… — 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
“Oh, that is the surprise. It's so lovely, I pity you because you don't know it…” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…Jo vanished without a word. Rushing upstairs, she startled the invalids by exclaiming tragically as she burst into the room, 'Oh, do… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“…Jo valued the letter more than the money, because it was encouraging, and after years of effort it was so pleasant to… — 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
