Quote by Louisa May Alcott Download Open image ““It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.”” — Louisa May Alcott ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress. "I don't think it's fair for some girls to have… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. "It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“Poor Meg seldom complained, but a sense of injustice made her feel bitter toward everyone sometimes, for she had not yet learned to know… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. "It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Nobody spoke for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone, "You know the reason Mother proposed not having any presents this Christmas… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“I am as poor as Victoria's Angels; I can't buy no clothes, no more.” — Petra Hermans Copy Share Image
“And, conversely, she went on to herself, sneering at the Grand Duke's palace, poverty is wasted on the poor, who never know how to… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
“The dress means no harm, after all. And it is new. It carries nothing inside it but the possible beginnings of her downfall.” — Amanda Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
“I don't envy her much, in spite of her money, for after all rich people have about as many worries as poor ones, I… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
“As a child in poverty you never know that you're poor, the slums are the slums. They're home. They're what is. So I'd never… — Mark Lawrence 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 wide walk, bordered with palms, flowers, and tropical shrubs, is bounded on one side by the sea, on the other by the grand drive, lined with hotels and villas, while beyond lie orange orchards and the… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share
“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
