897 Quotes by Louisa May Alcott

It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress. "I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all,

…the little girls wore a grave, troubled expression, as if sorrow was a new experience to them.

You don't give her up. You only go halves.

Hope can comfort love, and faith makes resignation possible.

How well we pull together, don't we?" said Amy, who objected to silence just then."So well that I wish we might always pull in the same boat. Will you, Amy?" very tenderly."Yes, Laurie," very low.Then they both stopped rowing, and unconsciously added a pretty little tableau of human love and happiness to the dissolving views reflected in the lake.

It was easier to try for your sakes than my own; a startled or surprised look from one of you, when I spoke sharply, rebuked me more than any words could have done; and the love, respect, and confidence of my children was the sweetest reward I could receive for my efforts to be the woman I would have them copy. pg. 124

Perhaps not, I’ve heard that the people who love best are often blindest to such things.

They were not all there. But no one found the words thoughtless or untrue; for Beth still seemed among them, a peaceful presence, invisible, but dearer than ever, since death could not break the household league that love made dissoluble.

Love will make you show your heart someday...