897 Quotes by Louisa May Alcott

ridicule is often harder to bear than self-denial.

Suppose I broke away and left you, or made it impossible for you to stay. That I was base and false; in every way unworthy of your love, and it was clearly right for you to go, what would you do then?''Go away and --'He interrupted with a triumphant laugh, 'Die as heroines always do, tender slaves that they are.''No, live and forget you,' was the unexpected reply.

Jo knew nothing about philosophy or metaphysics of any sort, but a curious excitement, half pleasurable, half painful, came over her, as she listened with a sense of being turned adrift into time and space, like a young balloon out on a holiday.

…the day had been both unprofitable and unsatisfactory, and he was wishing he could live it over again.

...I never yield to injustice if I can help it, ...

You see, she learned to love him one summer (...) so she put her love away in a corner of her heart, and tried to forget it, hoping it would either die, or have a right to live.

Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost.

It’s bad enough to love someone who don’t love you, but to have them told of it is perfectly awful. It makes me wild just to think of it. Ah, Fan, I’m getting so ill tempered and envious and wicked, I don’t know what will happen to me. - Polly

Better lose your life than your soul…