Pretty things Quote by Louisa May Alcott

“It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.”

— Louisa May Alcott

“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

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

“I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with…

— Louisa May Alcott

“We look for pretty girls we can say bad things to. No one shows up.”

— Ida Løkås

“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

“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

“Not all the fine things that fine ladies possess Should teach them the poor to despise; For 'tis good manners, and not in good…

— Jane Taylor

“I am as poor as Victoria's Angels; I can't buy no clothes, no more.”

— Petra Hermans

“The only sacrifice that costs you nothing is staring at ugly girls.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all.

— Louisa May Alcott

“She lacked the sheen of money, muscular good health, good skin, good clothes.”

— Jean Hanff Korelitz