Best Louisa May Alcott Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Boys don't gush, so I can stand it. The last time I let in a party of girls, one fell into my arms and said, "Darling, love me!" I wanted to shake her,' answered Mrs. Jo, wiping her pen with energy.”

Boys Girls Louisa May Alcott Jo S Boys

Book:Jo's Boys

Source: Jo's Boys

“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

“It is a merciful provision my dears, for it takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world. You are costly creatures, boys, and it is well that mothers, sisters, wives, and daughters love their duty and do it so well, or you would perish off the face of the earth,' said Mrs. Jo solemnly…”

Women Louisa May Alcott Jo S Boys

Book:Jo's Boys

Source: Jo's Boys

“…I'm always ready to talk, shouldn't be a woman if I were not,' laughed Mrs. Jo…”

Women Louisa May Alcott Jo S Boys

Book:Jo's Boys

Source: Jo's Boys

“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.”

Men Women Little Women Louisa May Alcott

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

“…having learned that people cannot be moulded like clay…”

People Louisa May Alcott Jo S Boys

Book:Jo's Boys

Source: Jo's Boys

“Rome took all the vanity out of me, for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair." "Why should you, with so much energy and talent?" "That's just why, because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a common-place dauber, so I don't intend to try anymore.”

Art Rome 19th Century American Literature Little Women Classic Literature Louisa May Alcott Quotes About Art Amy March 19th Century Literature

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

“It is apt to be so, and it is hard to bear; for, though we do not want trumpets blown, we do like to have out little virtues appreciated, and cannot help feeling disappointed if they are not.”

Human Nature Disappointment Appreciation Virtues Louisa May Alcott Eight Cousins

Book:Eight Cousins

Source: Eight Cousins

“Let me help you bear it”

Compassion Nursing Louisa May Alcott A Night

Book:Short stories

Source: Short stories

“…wisely mingled poetry and prose.”

Poetry Prose Little Women Louisa May Alcott

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

“I don't believe I shall ever marry; I'm happy as I am, and love my liberty too well to be in any hurry to give it up for any mortal man.”

Independence Single Little Women Jo Louisa May Alcott

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

“…no person, no matter how vivid an imagination he may have, can invent anything half so droll as the freaks and fancies that originate in the lively brains of little people.”

Children Louisa May Alcott Little Men

Book:Little Men

Source: Little Men

“And mother-like, Mrs. Jo forgot the threatened chastisement in tender lamentations over the happy scapegrace…”

Mothers Louisa May Alcott Jo S Boys

Book:Jo's Boys

Source: Jo's Boys

“…for action is always easier than quiet waiting.”

Action Louisa May Alcott Jo S Boys

Book:Jo's Boys

Source: Jo's Boys

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

Happiness Little Women Louisa May Alcott

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

“—Ya no parece mi Jo, pero la quiero aún más por ello.”

Vida Mujer Little Women Cambio Crecimiento Desarrollo Personal Jo March Louisa May Alcott Protagonista Mujerictas

Book:Mujercitas

Source: Mujercitas

“I thought of all the summer evenings I'd spent sitting in the chairs under the trees beside the trailer, reading books that helped me escape Creek View, at least for a little while. Magical kingdoms, Russian love triangles, and the March sisters couldn't have been further away from the trailer park.”

Book Reading Books Read Escape Reading Quotes Love Of Reading Books Reading Little Women Love Of Books Trailer Park Escape From Reality Louisa May Alcott Trailer

Book:I'll Meet You There

Source: I'll Meet You There

“Each of you told what your burden was just now, except Beth. I rather think she hasn't got any," said her mother. "Yes, I have. Mine is dishes and dusters, and envying girls with nice pianos, and being afraid of people.”

People Mother Burden Envy Afraid Beth Louisa May Alcott Dishes And Dusters Pianos

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

“Come, Philander, let us be a marching, Every one his true love a searching," Would be the most appropriate motto for this chapter, because, intimidated by the threats, denunciations, and complaints showered upon me in consequence of taking the liberty to end a certain story as I liked, I now yield to the amiable desire of giving satisfaction, and, at the risk of outraging all the unities, intend to pair off everybody I can lay my hands on.”

Louisa May Alcott Pairing An Old Fashioned Girl

Book:An Old-fashioned Girl

Source: An Old-fashioned Girl

“Very few letters-in-bottles in those hard times were not touching. Especially so were those letters-in-bottles which fathers sent home.”

Mermaid Retelling Little Women Mermaids Retellings Louisa May Alcott Mermaid Book

Book:Little Women: Mermaid Edition

Source: Little Women: Mermaid Edition

“Somehow the sea-flowers finished Meg’s despondency. She tucked the glow blooms into her shell corset, and wove the fin fronds into her hair. Then she swam out and enjoyed herself, for she danced to her heart’s content.”

Mermaid Retelling Little Women Mermaids Retellings Louisa May Alcott Mermaid Book

Book:Little Women: Mermaid Edition

Source: Little Women: Mermaid Edition

“To Jo's lively fancy, this fine house seemed a kind of enchanted palace, full of splendors and delights which no one enjoyed. She had long wanted to behold these hidden glories, and to know the "Laurence boy," who looked as if he would like to be known, if he only ever knew how to begin.”

House Known Little Women Jo Louisa May Alcott Laurence Splendors

Book:Little Women

Source: Little Women

“That was all I wanted!" whispered Polly, in a tone which caused him to feel that the race of angels was not entirely extinct.”

Angels Louisa May Alcott Chapter 19 An Old Fashioned Girl

Book:An Old-fashioned Girl

Source: An Old-fashioned Girl