People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“I'm not ambitious for a splendid fortune, a fashionable position, or a great name for my girls. If rank and money come… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
They were enjoying the happy hour that seldom comes but once in any life, the magical moment which bestows youth on the… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
And the good fairy said, I won't leave you money or pretty dresses but I will leave you the spirit to seek… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Oh, don't I wish I could manage things for you as I do for my heroines! You're pretty enough and good enough… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Then it was that Jo, living in the darkened room, with that suffering little sister always before her eyes and that pathetic… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is… — 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
