897 Quotes by Louisa May Alcott

…had an hour of silent agony that aged him more than years of happy life could have done.

The story of his downfall is soon told; for it came, as so often happens, just when he felt unusually full of high hopes, good resolutions, and dreams of a better life.

…for it is a very solemn thing to be arrested in the midst of busy life by the possibility of the great change.

Mrs. Jo did not mean the measles, but that more serious malady called love, which is apt to ravage communities, spring and autumn, when winter gayety and summer idleness produce whole bouquets of engagements, and set young people to pairing off like the birds.

…but mortal man was helpless there…

…thirst is harder to bear than hunger, heat, or cold.

Perhaps it would have been better if he had killed me; my life is spoilt.

…he stood behind her, tall and pale, like the ghost of his former self…

We live in a beautiful and wonderful world, Demi, and the more you now about it the wiser and the better you will be.