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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: "Well, if I can't be happy, I can be useful, perhaps."
Well, if I can't be happy, I can be useful, perhaps. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the..."
Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one want? Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "But, like all happiness, it did not last lon?"
But, like all happiness, it did not last lon? Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "And mother-like, Mrs. Jo forgot the threatened chastisement in..."
And mother-like, Mrs. Jo forgot the threatened chastisement in tender lamentations over the happy scapegrac? Louisa May Alcott
I've neither beauty, money, nor rank, yet every foolish boy mistakes my frank interest for something warmer, and makes me miserable. It is my misfortune. Think of me what you will, but beware of me in time, for against my will I may do you harm. Louisa May Alcott
Go out more, keep cheerful as well as busy, for you are the sunshine-maker of the family, and if you get dismal there is no fair weather. Louisa May Alcott
if men and women would only trust, understand, and help one another as my children do, what a capital place the world would be!' and Mrs. Jo's eyes grew absent, as if she was looking at a new and charming state of society in which people lived as happily and innocently as her flock at Plumfield. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: ""Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary."
"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary. Louisa May Alcott
Nobody spoke for a minute; then Meg said in an altered tone, "You know the reason Mother proposed not having any presents this Christmas was because it is going to be a hard winter for everyone; and she thinks we ought not to spend money for pleasure, when our men are suffering so in the army. We can't do much, but we can make our little sacrifices, and ought to do it gladly. But I am afraid I don't," and Meg shook her head, as she thought regretfully of all the pretty things she wanted. Louisa May Alcott
I don't believe any of you suffer as I do," cried Amy, "for you don't have to go to school with impertinent girls, who plague you if you don't know your lessons, and laugh at your dresses, and label your father if he isn't rich, and insult you when your nose isn't nice. Louisa May Alcott
I wanted to show that the mother was the heroine as soon as possible. I'm tired of love-sick girls and runaway wives. We'll prove that there's romance in old women also. Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott quote: "So she doesn't call desertion, poverty, and hard work..."
So she doesn't call desertion, poverty, and hard work troubles? She's a brave little girl, and I shall be proud to know her. Louisa May Alcott
tomorrow was her birthday, and she was thinking how fast the years went by, how old she was getting, and how little she seemed to have accomplished. Almost twenty-five and nothing to show for it. Louisa May Alcott
The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together. Louisa May Alcott
I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good, and help me through the day. Louisa May Alcott

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