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Louisa May Alcott Quotes

Louisa May Alcott quotes

American Novelist November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888

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Louisa May Alcott quote: "Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men,..."
Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "and Aunt Jo retired, satisfied with the success of her last..."
and Aunt Jo retired, satisfied with the success of her last trap to catch a sunbeam. Louisa May Alcott
Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it. Louisa May Alcott
People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "We can't any of us do all we would like, but we can do our..."
We can't any of us do all we would like, but we can do our best for every case that comes to us, and that helps amazingly. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman."
A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman. Louisa May Alcott
You say often you wish a library; here I gif you one; for between these two lids (he meant covers) is many books in one. Read him well, and he will help you much; for the study of character in this book will help you to read it in the world, and paint it with your pen. Louisa May Alcott
Don't let that young giant come near me, he worries me worse than mosquitoes," whispered the old lady to Amy, as the rooms filled and Laurie's black head towered above the rest."He has promised to be very good today, and he can be perfectly elegant if he likes," returned Amy, gliding away to war Hergules to beware of the dragon, which warning cased him to haunt the old lady with a devotion that nearly distracted her. Louisa May Alcott
It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress. "I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all, Louisa May Alcott
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. J? Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "trying to extinguish the brilliant hopes that blazed up a word..."
trying to extinguish the brilliant hopes that blazed up a word of encouragement. Louisa May Alcott
Amy's lecture did Laurie good, though, of course, he did not own it till long afterward. Men seldom do, for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. If it fails, they generously give her the whole. Louisa May Alcott
I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff. Louisa May Alcott
...and the most intense desire gave force to her passionate words as the girl glanced despairingly about the dreary room like a caged creature on the point of breaking loose. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art."
Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art. Louisa May Alcott

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