Louisa May Alcott Quotes

Louisa May Alcott Quote of the day

The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.

I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I'm not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.

Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.

Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.

…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties.

…proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.

…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.

…in silence learned the sweet solace which affection administers to sorrow.

It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.

…on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries.

Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.

…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst.

I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them.

Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, — that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it.

It's lovely to see people so happy.

…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.

I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods.

Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!

Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace.

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

…a woman's always safe and comfortable when a fellow's down on his luck.

That was all I wanted!" whispered Polly, in a tone which caused him to feel that the race of angels was not entirely extinct.

Boys don't gush, so I can stand it. The last time I let in a party of girls, one fell into my arms and said, "Darling, love me!" I wanted to shake her, ' answered Mrs. Jo, wiping her pen with energy.

Don't try to make me grow up before my time…

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

And mother-like, Mrs. Jo forgot the threatened chastisement in tender lamentations over the happy scapegrace…

I think this power of living in our children is one of the sweetest things in the world…

…for action is always easier than quiet waiting.

…possessed of that indescribable charm called grace.

I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me…

…nothing remained but loneliness and grief…

I like good strong words that mean something…

…no person, no matter how vivid an imagination he may have, can invent anything half so droll as the freaks and fancies that originate in the lively brains of little people.

I wish I had no heart, it aches so…

…I'm always ready to talk, shouldn't be a woman if I were not, ' laughed Mrs. Jo…

In her secret soul, however, she decided that politics were as bad as mathematics, and that the mission of politicians seemed to be calling each other names…

…having learned that people cannot be moulded like clay…

…wisely mingled poetry and prose.

…feeling as if all the happiness and support of their lives was about to be taken from them.

Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants…

But, like all happiness, it did not last long…

I can get on with wild beasts first-rate

A faithful friend is a strong defense

I ask not for any crownBut that which all may win

We don't choose our talents