4 Quotes by Louisa Mary Alcott

... You should remember that you're a young lady.I'm not! And if turning up my hair makes me one, I'll wear it in two tails till I'm twenty!

I hate to think I've got to grow up, and be Miss March, and wear long gowns, and look as prim as China Aster! It's bad enough being a girl, anyway, when I like boy's games and work and manners!

Let us be elegant or die

We are never too old for this, my dear, because it is a play we are playing all the time in one way or another. Our burdens are here, our road is before us, and the longing for goodness and happiness is the guide that leads us through many troubles and mistakes to the peace which is the true Celestial City.