897 Quotes by Louisa May Alcott

My only answer is, if my grave stood open on one side and you upon the other I'd go into my grave before I would take one step to meet you.

Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.

It's a great comfort to have an artistic sister.

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.

[She was] kept there in the sort of embrace a man gives to the dearest creature the world holds for him.

Simple, sincere people seldom speak much of their piety; it shows itself in acts rather than words, and has more influence than homilies or protestations.

Good, old-fashioned ways keep hearts sweet, heads sane, hands busy.

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.

And the good fairy said, I won't leave you money or pretty dresses but I will leave you the spirit to seek your fortune from your own efforts.