145 Quotes About Louisa-may-alcott

I don't think secrets agree with me, I feel rumpled up in mind since you told me that…

Six weeks is a long time to wait, and a still longer time for a girl to keep a secret…

Rome took all the vanity out of me, for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair.""Why should you, with so much energy and talent?""That's just why, because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a common-place dauber, so I don't intend to try anymore.

If all literary women had such thoughtful angels for husbands, they would live longer and write more. Perhaps that wouldn't be such a blessing to the world though, as most of us write too much now,' said Mrs. Jo…

I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copy-books; and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end," he said, dolefully.

…misfortune was much more interesting to her than good luck.

Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,' grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. 'It’s so dreadful to be poor!' sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.

Life is a fight, and I like a good soldier.

I don't believe fine young ladies enjoy themselves a bit more than we do, in spite of our burned hair, old gowns, one glove apiece, and tight slippers that sprain our ankles when we are silly enough to wear them.