897 Quotes by Louisa May Alcott

Just because my dreams are different than yours doesn’t mean their unimportant.

During the fifteen minutes that followed, the proud and sensitive girl suffered a shame and pain which she never forgot. To others it might seem a ludicrous or trivial affair, but to her it was a hard experience, for during the twelve years of her life she had been governed by love alone.

Finish it if you choose only remember, my girl, that one may read at forty what is unsafe at twenty, and that we never can be too careful what food we give that precious yet perilous thing called imagination.

A happy soul in a healthy body makes the best sort of beauty for man or woman.

In spite of her sorrow, she enjoyed that minute very much for she was a born consoler, and, it is hardly necessary for me to add, loved this reprehensible Tom with all her heart. It was a very foolish thing for her to do, she quite agreed to that; she couldn’t understand it, explain it, or help it; she only felt that she did care for him very much, in spite of his faults, his indifference, and his engagement.

Keep bobbing, and we’ll come right by and by.

But buds will be roses, and kittens, cats – more’s the pity.

Jo’s eyes sparkled, for it’s always pleasant to be believed in; and a friend’s praise is always sweeter than a dozen newspaper puffs.

It’s like the tide, Jo, when it turns it goes slowly – but it can’t be stopped.