Mother Quotes by Louisa May Alcott

19 Mother quotes by Louisa May Alcott

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Louisa May Alcott writes about mothers with the same earnest moral clarity that defines her novels. Nineteen brief reflections celebrate the nurturing spirit while reminding readers of the quiet sacrifices that shape a family.

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Mothers can forgive anything!

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I think this power of living in our children is one of the sweetest things in the world…

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…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.

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Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.

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“Each of you told what your burden was just now, except Beth. I rather think she hasn't got any," said her mother.…

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Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, — that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens…

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“My Jo, you may say anything to your mother, for it is my greatest happiness and pride to feel that my girls…

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Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should…

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The patience and the humility of the face she loved so well was a better lesson to Jo than the wisest lecture,…

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[Jo to her mother] I knew there was mischief brewing. I felt it and now it's worse than I imagined. I just…

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Fathers and mothers are too absorbed in business and housekeeping to study their children, and cherish that sweet and natural confidence which…

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...the love, respect, and confidence of my children was the sweetest reward I could receive for my efforts to be the woman…

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“They always looked back before turning the corner, for their mother was always at the window to nod and smile, and wave…

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“For in that sad yet happy hour, she had learned not only the bitterness of remorse and despair, but the sweetness of…

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…for no matter how lost and soiled and worn-out wandering sons may be, mothers can forgive and forget every thing as they…

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“Mother didn't say anything about our money, and she won't wish us to give up everything. Let's each buy what we want,…

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The clocks were striking midnight and the rooms were very still as a figure glided quietly from bed to bed, smoothing a…

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The girls gave their hearts into their mother's keeping-their souls into their father's; and to both parents, who lived and labored so…

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Beth could not reason upon or explain the faith that gave her courage and patience to give up life, and cheerfully wait…

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“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.”

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“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…

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“Please could I say one word?" was the question three times repeated before a rough head boobed out from the grotto of books in…

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Elegance has a bad effect on my constitution.

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“…the child's heart bled when it was broken.”

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“She would make a man of me. She puts strength and courage into me as no one else can. She is unlike any girl…

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“I read somewhere that every inch of rope used in the British Navy has a strand of red in it, so that wherever a…

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“Chance words spoken in kindness often help amazingly; and that's what old people are here for -- else their experience is of little use.”

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“Tired of my own company, I suppose, now I've seen so much better.”

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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…

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But buds will be roses, and kittens, cats - more's the pity.

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“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…

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“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…

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“ "I do not ask for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the world within." ”

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Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.

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