Don't shut yourself up in a band box because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Work is and always has been my salvation and I thank the Lord for it. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“It’s bad enough to be a girl, anyway, when I like boys’ games and work and manners!” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never… — 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
