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Louisa May Alcott Quotes

Louisa May Alcott quotes

American Novelist November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888

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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. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "the little girls wore a grave, troubled expression, as if..."
the little girls wore a grave, troubled expression, as if sorrow was a new experience to them. Louisa May Alcott
Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty. Louisa May Alcott
Please could I say one word?" was the question three times repeated before a rough head bobbed out from the grotto of books in which Mac usually sat. "Did anyone speak?" he asked, blinking in the flood of sunshine that entered with Rose. Louisa May Alcott
The clocks were striking midnight and the rooms were very still as a figure glided quietly from bed to bed, smoothing a coverlid here, settling a pillow there, and pausing to look long and tenderly at each unconscious face, to kiss each with lips that mutely blessed, and to pray the fervent prayers which only mothers utter. Louisa May Alcott
Oh, don't I wish I could manage things for you as I do for my heroines! You're pretty enough and good enough already, so I'd have some rich relation leave you a fortune unexpectedly; then you'd dash out as an heiress, scorn everyone who has slighted you, go abroad, and como home my Lady Something in a blaze of splendor and elegance. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief..."
A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever. Louisa May Alcott
The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed. Louisa May Alcott
Ah! Thou gifest me such hope and courage, and I haf nothing to gif back but a full heart and these empty hands," cried the Professor, quite overcome. Jo never, never would learn to be proper, for when he said that as they stood upon the steps, she just put both hands into his, whispering tenderly, "Not empty now," and, stooping down, kissed her Friedrich under the umbrella. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "That is a good book it seems to me, which is opened with..."
That is a good book it seems to me, which is opened with expectation and closed with profit. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom..."
Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling. Louisa May Alcott
The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "Good, old-fashioned ways keep hearts sweet, heads sane, hands..."
Good, old-fashioned ways keep hearts sweet, heads sane, hands busy. Louisa May Alcott
The youngest, aged twelve, could not conceal her disappointment, and turned away, feeling as so many of us have felt when we discover that our idols are very extraordinary men and women. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "I can't help seeing that you are very lonely, and sometimes..."
I can't help seeing that you are very lonely, and sometimes there is a hungry look in your eyes that goes to my heart. Louisa May Alcott

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