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Louisa May Alcott Quotes | Quotes said by Louisa May Alcott

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #1

    ...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 work-a-day world again.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #2

    ...freedom being the sauce best beloved by the boyish soul.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #3

    ...the uncomfortable appearance of a girl who was rapidly shooting up into a woman and didn't like it.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #4

    [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.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #5

    …a woman's always safe and comfortable when a fellow's down on his luck.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #6

    …because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #7

    …books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. Jo made a bee-line to the well-laden shelves, which were the joy of her heart and the comfort of her life.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #8

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

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #9

    …for action is always easier than quiet waiting.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #10

    …growing pale and sober with the thought that her fate was soon to be decided; for, like all young people, she was sure that her whole life could be settled by one human creature, quite forgetting how wonderfully Providence trains us by disappointment, surprises us with unexpected success, and turns our seeming trials into blessing.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #11

    …having learned that people cannot be moulded like clay…

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #12

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

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #13

    …in silence learned the sweet solace which affection administers to sorrow.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #14

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

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #15

    …men never forgive like women.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #16

    …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.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #17

    …nothing remained but loneliness and grief…

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #18

    …on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #19

    …possessed of that indescribable charm called grace.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #20

    …proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #21

    …she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #22

    …that's what old people are here for, — else their experience is of little use.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #23

    …what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #24

    …wisely mingled poetry and prose.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #25

    A faithful friend is a strong defense;
    And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #26

    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 Quote #27

    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.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #28

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

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #29

    As to the other three, if they had been perfection they would not have been real girls, and you could not have wept over their trials and laughed over their pleasures.

  • Louisa May Alcott Quote #30

    Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.

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