897 Quotes by Louisa May Alcott

... swept into the giddy vortex which keeps so many young people revolving aimlessly, till they go down or are cast upon the shore, wrecks of what they might have been

Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.

I did fail, say what you will, for Jo wouldn't love me.

The female population exceeds the male, you know, especially in New England, which accounts for the high state of culture we are in, perhaps.

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

The young people were playing that still more absorbing game in which hearts are always trumps.

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm interested in other people's experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can't explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit.