897 Quotes by Louisa May Alcott

Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.

You are like a chestnut burr, prickly outside, but silky-soft within, and a sweet kernel, if one can only get at it. Love will make you show your heart some day, and then the rough burr will fall off.

You men tell us we are angels, and say we can make you what we will; but the instant we honestly try to do you good, you laugh at us, and won't listen. which proves how much your flattery is worth.

…growing pale and sober with the thought that her fate was soon to be decided; for, like all young people, she was sure that her whole life could be settled by one human creature, quite forgetting how wonderfully Providence trains us by disappointment, surprises us with unexpected success, and turns our seeming trials into blessing.

…possessed of that indescribable charm called grace.

Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.

Jo announced that the coffee was ready, and every one settled themselves to a hearty meal; for youth is seldom dyspeptic, and exercise develops wholesome appetites.

I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods.

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius.