Louisa-may-alcott Quote by Louisa May Alcott

“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

“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

“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

Elegance has a bad effect on my constitution.

— Louisa May Alcott

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

— Louisa May Alcott

“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

“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

“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

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

— Louisa May Alcott

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

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

— Louisa May Alcott

“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