“…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
“…trying to extinguish the brilliant hopes that blazed up a word of encouragement.” — 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
“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
“…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
“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
“…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
“I don't see why God made any night; day is so much pleasanter…” — 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
“…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
