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American novelist, famous for works such as 'Little Women'. Born on November 29, 1832, and died on March 6, 1888.

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Famous Louisa May Alcott Quotes

“That I was in love? Well, I am, but not with her.”

Love Heartbreak Unrequited Love

Author:Louisa May Alcott

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

Love Life Happiness Girls Naivete Pretty Little Things

Book:Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories

Source: Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories

“She would make a man of me. She puts strength and courage into me as no one else can. She is unlike any girl I ever saw; there’s no sentimentality about her; she is wise, and kind, and sweet. She says what she means, looks you straight in the eye, and is as true as steel.”

Love Romance Girl Lovers Girls Manhood Louisa May Alcott Modern Magic

Book:Modern Magic

Source: Modern Magic

“You don't really think I am such a mercenary creature as I tried to be once, do you? It would break my heart, if you didn't believe that I'd gladly pull in the same boat with you, even if you had to get your living by rowing the lake.”

Author:Louisa May Alcott

“Lessons in patience were so sweetly taught her that she could not fail to learn them, charity for all, the lovely spirit that can forgive and truly forget unkindness, the loyalty to duty that makes the hardest easy, and the sincere faith that fears nothing, but trusts undoubtingly.”

Love Death Spirit Faith Kindness Forgiveness Patience Loyalty

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

“Neither should it be for a woman: for we’ve got minds and souls as well as hearts; ambition and talents as well as beauty and accomplishments; and we want to live and learn as well as love and be loved.”

Love Heart Ambition Female Empowerment

Book:Rose in Bloom

Source: Rose in Bloom

“Jo couldn’t even lose her heart in a decorous manner, but sternly tried to quench her feelings, and failing to do so, led a somewhat agitated life. She was mortally afraid of being laughed at for surrendering, after her many and vehement declarations of independence.”

Love Independence

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

“Grief is the best opener of some hearts, and Jo's was nearly ready for the bag. A little more sunshine to ripen the nut, then, not a boy's impatient shake, but a man's hand reached up to pick it gently from the burr, and find the kernal sound and sweet. If she suspected this, she would have shut up tight, and been more prickly than ever, fortunately she wasn't thinking about herself, so when the time came, down she dropped.”

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

“Love is the only thing we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.”

Love Death Faith Little Women Beth March

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

“Even the swift needle charmed him, the little brooch which rose and fell with her quiet breath, the plain work she did, and the tidy way she gathered her bits of thread into a tiny bag.”

Love Lovers Sewing

Book:Rose in Bloom

Source: Rose in Bloom

“It would trouble me sadly to make him unhappy, for I couldn't fall in love with the dear old fellow merely out of gratitude, could I?”

Love Platonic Jo Laurie Aromantic

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

“I don't. I never wanted to make you care for me so, and I went away to keep you from it if I could.”

Love Platonic Jo Laurie Aromantic

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

“...instead of trying to forget, he found himself trying to remember.”

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

“You've got me, anyhow. I'm not good for much, I know; but I'll stand by you, Jo, all the days of my life; upon my word I will!' and Laurie meant what he said.”

Love Friendship Dedication

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

“I was thinking what a curious thing love is; only a sentiment, and yet it has power to make fools of men and slaves of women.”

Thinking Men Love Love Is Fool Slave Curious Sentiments

Book:A Long Fatal Love Chase

Source: A Long Fatal Love Chase

“...Meg learned to love her husband better for his poverty, because it seem to have made a man of him, giving him the strength and courage to fight his own way, and taught him a tender patience with which to bear and comfort the natural longings and failures of those he loved.”

Men Way Love Giving Made Seems Age Fighting Natural Poverty Taught Bears Comfort Husband Longing Meg

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

“Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.”

Love Life Ends Easy Love Is Diversity Famous Women Heavenly Love

Book:LITTLE WOMEN SERIES – Complete Collection: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men & Jo's Boys: The Beloved Classics of American Literature: The coming-of-age series based on the author’s own childhood experiences with her three sisters

Source: LITTLE WOMEN SERIES – Complete Collection: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men & Jo's Boys: The Beloved Classics of American Literature: The coming-of-age series based on the author’s own childhood experiences with her three sisters

“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”

Love Inspirational Trying Believe Looks May I Can Dream Motivational Success Purpose Hope I Believe Women Goal Imagination Leadership Beauty Vision Achieve Self Esteem Succeed Ambition Highest Aim Addiction Following Accomplish Novelists Aspiration Look Up Believe In Yourself Reaching Sunshine Far Away Graduation Follow Your Dreams Key To Success My Imagination Alcoholism Setting Goals Follow Your Heart Road To Success Recipe For Success Be True To Yourself Drug Addiction Drug Addict Chase Your Dreams Recovering Aim High Little Women Keep Believing Addiction Recovery Alcohol Addiction I Am Woman Power Of Imagination Visions And Dreams Dreams And Aspirations Drug Addiction Recovery Great Imagination Reaching Success Goals Dreams Addicts In Recovery Happy Sunshine Imagination And Dreams Inspirational Addiction Recovery Dreaming And Success Inspirational Recovery Alcohol Recovery Drug Recovery Motivational Recovery Inspirational Drug Recovery My Sunshine Sober Up Dreaming Big And Goals Reaching Up Goals And Aspirations

Book:Work: A Story of Experience: Easyread Large Bold Edition

Source: Work: A Story of Experience: Easyread Large Bold Edition

“Love is a great beautifier.”

Love Life Love Is Beauty Romantic Love Boyfriend Famous Love

Book:The Complete Little Women Series: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys: The Beloved Classics of American Literature: The coming-of-age series based on the author’s own childhood experiences with her three sisters

Source: The Complete Little Women Series: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys: The Beloved Classics of American Literature: The coming-of-age series based on the author’s own childhood experiences with her three sisters

“It takes two flints to make a fire.”

Source: Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…

“You are like a chestnut burr, prickly outside, but silky-soft within, and a sweet kernel, if one can only get at it. Love will make you show your heart some day, and then the rough burr will fall off.”

Ifs Love Heart Shows Fall Sweet Rough Kernel Chestnuts Burrs

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women