897 Quotes by Louisa May Alcott

... a kind little thought, an unselfish little act, a cheery little word, are so sweet and comfortable, that no one can fail to feel their beauty and love the giver, no matter how small they are. Mothers do a deal of this sort of thing, unseen, unthanked, but felt and remembered long afterward, and never lost, for this is the simple magic that binds hearts together, and keeps home happy.

Creo que para el sábado en la noche habrán descubierto que todo juego y nada de trabajo es tan malo como todo trabajo y nada de juego.

Fearing to ask any more advice, she did her best alone, and discovered that something more than energy and good-will is necessary to make a cook.

...purpose and principle are the best teachers we can have, and the want of them makes half the women of America what they are, restless, aimless, frivolous, and sick.

She knew she looked well, she loved to dance, she felt that her foot was on the native heath in a ball-room, and enjoyed the delightful sense of power which comes when young girls first discover the new and lovely kingdom they are born to rule by virtue of beauty, youth, and womanhood.

Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.

But the spirit of Eve is strong in all her daughters.

...a capital patient, as she never died and never got well.

hither,hither, from thy home,airy sprite, i bid thee come! born of roses, fed on dew, charms and potions canst thow brew? bring me here, with elfin speed,the fragment philter witch i need; make it sweet and swift and stong, spirite amserw now my songhither i come, from my airy home, afar silver moon. take magic spell, and use it well. or its powers will vanish soon!