897 Quotes by Louisa May Alcott

How can girls like to have lovers and refuse them? I think it’s dreadful.

It’s wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can’t have the one you want.

Jo immediately sat up, put her hands in her pockets, and began to whistle. “Don’t, Jo. It’s so boyish!” “That’s why I do it.

Now I’ve offended him. Well, if it does him good, I’m glad, if it makes him hate me, I’m sorry, but it’s true, and I can’t take back a word of it” -Amy.

I for one don’t want to be ranked among idiots, felons, and minors any longer, for I am none of them.

I don’t understand it. What can there be in a simple little story like that to make people praise it so?” she said, quite bewildered. “There is truth in it, Jo, that’s the secret.

To me, love isn’t all. I must look up, not down, trust and honor with my whole heart, and find strenght and integrity to lean on.

I’d rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe.

Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is the genuine satisfaction which comes from hearty work of head or hand, and to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world. Jo enjoyed a taste of this satisfaction, and ceased to envy richer girls, taking great comfort in the knowledge that she could supply her own wants, and need ask no one for a penny.