Quotes by Louisa May Alcott

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

“Its bad enough to be a girl, anyway, when I like boys games and work and manners!”

“The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.”

“Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.”

“Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don't let it spoil you, for it's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't have the one you want.”

“But, like all happiness, it did not last long”

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

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

“You dont need scores of suitors. You need only one if hes the right one.”

“It's lovely to see people so happy.”

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

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

“How little it takes to make a young girl happy! A pretty dress, sunshine, and somebody opposite, and they are blest.”

“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.”

“...and Jo laid the rustling sheets together with a careful hand, as one might shut the covers of a lovely romance, which holds the reader fast till the end comes, and he finds himself alone in the ...”

“Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.”

“John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!”

“I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands.""They're not empty now.”

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

“[Jo to her mother] I knew there was mischief brewing. I felt it and now it's worse than I imagined. I just wish I could marry Meg myself, and keep her safe in the family.”