897 Quotes by Louisa May Alcott

…it is so much better to work for others than for one's self alone.

Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it?

…courage and devotion always stir generous hearts, and win admiration…

Don't take it away! It's only a fancy, but a man must love something…

Love should not make us blind to faults, nor familiarity make us too ready to blame the shortcomings we see.

…I wanted to show that the mother was the heroine as soon as possible. I'm tired of love-sick girls and runaway wives. We'll prove that there's romance in old women also.

…she never had what she wanted till she had given up hoping for,' said Mrs. Meg.

Don't suggest that we are growing old, my Lord. We have only bloomed; and a very nice bouquet we make with our buds about us,' answered Mrs. Amy, shaking out the folds of her rosy muslin with much the air of dainty satisfaction the girl used to show in a new dress.Not to mention our thorns and dead leaves,' added Jo, with a sigh; for life had never been very easy to her, and even now she had her troubles both within and without.

Tired of my own company, I suppose, now I've seen so much better.