Books Quote by Louisa May Alcott

“I should have cause to be proud of this year's work;' and Mrs. Jo sat smiling over her book as she built castles in…

— Louisa May Alcott

“Charity didn't mean to waste the entire afternoon. But her favorite daytime drama was on the telly. It was always the same, she thought,…

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

“Jo gave her sister an encouraging pat on the shoulder as they parted for the day, each going a different way, each hugging her…

— Louisa May Alcott

“He was giving her the most important thing he could, the only way he knew how. He was a professor, a lover of stories,…

— Jennifer E. Smith

“…if men and women would only trust, understand, and help one another as my children do, what a capital place the world would be!'…

— Louisa May Alcott

“Then it was that Jo, living in the darkened room, with that suffering little sister always before her eyes and that pathetic voice sounding…

— Louisa May Alcott

“Charity knew that she had to be up early in the morning. And she knew that a weepy, silly, ridiculously old-fashioned love story was…

— Elizabeth Jane Howard

“It was one thing to, she thought, to sit safely alone in the attic, reading the letters of happily married Grandma Jo and think…

— Gabrielle Donnelly

“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

“How beautiful, the grace of women; how soft their charity.”

— Donna Leon

“Today she felt especially comforted by the books that climbed the walls. They were a reminder that any knowledge she desired was hers for…

— Liv Constantine

“Not selfish things, not things for herself; who could give to unwanted children love, care, a home. All these things she could buy for…

— Agatha Christie