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Louisa May Alcott

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LAILAH GIFTY AKITA I'm a very strong woman.
THALIA Let's be clear, I'm a strong woman.
BETHENNY FRANKEL This conflict is one thing I've been waiting for. I'm well and strong and young - young enough to go...
CLARA BARTON You do not need any more strength. You only need to realize how strong you already are.
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MITT ROMNEY It's sexy and beautiful to be strong.
LINDSEY VONN It feels good to be strong.
KATHARINE MCPHEE Be strong to stand alone.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Play to your strength; then you are always strong.
SILVIA HARTMANN For strong souls Live like fire-hearted suns; to spend their strength In furthest striving act...
GEORGE ELIOT (PSEUDONYM OF MARY ANN EVANS CROSS) Life is a bitch !! so to live strong,u hav to be bitchier !! XD
MIROR_VEGAS Don’t be stressed by day to day chorus.Be strong & keep moving forward,keeping a side the worry of...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Be strong when you are weak, brave when you are scared and humble when you are victorious.
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LEONARD ALFRED GEORGE STRONG He's a big, strong, really good-bodied horse, and he looks really fast.
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ELI BROAD We must empower our weak to be strong, and teach our strong to be compassionate. This will open a do...
GARY HOPKINS I'm not... I'm not without a heart,' he heard Sophia say, her chin raised, eyes straight ahead. 'I'm...
ALEXANDRA BRACKEN I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the sam...
CARICE VAN HOUTEN To be a mother you must be strong. Even if you don't feel it, you have to pretend.
SADE ADU You don't have to play masculine to be a strong woman.
MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be...
GEORGE ELIOT You can still be strong and be feminine.
SHANNON TWEED We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep ...
MAHATMA GANDHI Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY It is labor that keeps the strong man strong. And spiritual labor, toil and burden-bearing, is what ...
ELLEN G. WHITE Being glamorous is about strength and confidence. It's black and white - dramatic. You have to b...
CATHERINE ZETA-JONES I'm a strong-minded fighter.
CANELO ALVAREZ To be strong, find strength within yourself.
DEBASISH MRIDHA Be strong and courageous. Fear not! God will grant you the strength to overcome any adversity.
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MITT ROMNEY Forget the beauty, comfort, love and enjoyment. You must to be enough tough on yourself to be strong...
M.F. MOONZAJER Being Latina for me is also being a strong woman.
NATALIE MARTINEZ A strong woman is a woman determined to do something others are determined not be done.
MARGE PIERCY When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me.
ANG LEE But we are strong, each in our purpose, and we are all more strong together.
BRAM STOKER Your will to success supersedes all other wills.
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KATY PERRY The woman must be restored to her rightful place, as the strong, loving maternal leader of peace and...
BRYANT MCGILL Follow your honest convictions and be strong.
WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY I want to be strong, dominant. Like Wilt Chamberlain.
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STEPHANIE ARCHER A Tree with strong roots and Branches will overcome every Storm and will have every Year new Leaves.
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EMILY LLOYD-JONES Those who had seen eyes like hers before understood instantly that she was a woman who had suffered,...
DANIELLE STEEL The strong-minded rise to the challenge of their goals and dreams. The weak-minded become haters.
STEVE MARABOLI I may be in pain, but I am not weak.
VERONICA ROTH You know, there's nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. The...
GINGER ROGERS She would figure out how to get what she wanted, what she needed, even when her long lashes failed t...
KASS MORGAN I'd never been a good damsel in distress. I was a "hands-on" damsel.
JENNY TROUT Only the strong hearted can resist temptation and only but a fool would resist love.
JAMINE ISABEL E. UY May God be your strong defender.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The defeat of the strong minded is superior to the victory of the weak minded.
MUHAMMED HAIDER If a person has a strong will, he always has initiative and he is proactive
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SAMEH ELSAYED Stubbornness leads to strong will.
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ANGIE KARAN You've got to stay strong to be strong in tough times.
TILMAN J. FERTITTA Be strong in body, clean in mind, lofty in ideals.
JAMES NAISMITH Life is full of happiness and tears; be strong and have faith.
KAREENA KAPOOR KHAN One of my goals is to have this incredible body. I want to be strong, to be ripped.
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TARA STRONG I usually have 10 different animation projects going at a time.
TARA STRONG I'm not sure specifically but there's definitely parts of me in Rikku.
TARA STRONG In general, I find that for videos the acting is more realistic.
TARA STRONG Start as early as you can. Make tapes of your characters.
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TARA STRONG If I am not right for something there are many talented actors out there that will get it.
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TARA STRONG I think it's definitely beneficial for these characters to have good acting voices behind them a...
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TARA STRONG Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.
TARA STRONG Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it's inevitable that part of your pe...
TARA STRONG Many people think voice over artists just read, there's much more to it. Without acting beats, s...
TARA STRONG We all sit in front of our mics and our scripts lay on music stands. Then the silliness begins!
TARA STRONG Don't be afraid to look silly.
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Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power t...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT ...for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I like good strong words that mean something…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT A faithful friend is a strong defense;
And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Simple, sincere people seldom speak much of their piety. It shows itself in acts rather than in word...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, an...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be over...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Money is a needful and precious thing,
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious ...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Housekeeping ain't no joke.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT My father taught in the wise way which unfolds what lies in the child
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT A little kingdom I possess,
Where thoughts and feelings dwell;
And very hard the task I find LOUISA MAY ALCOTT She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth ...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man ou...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I have made a plan for my life, as I am in my teens, and no more a child. I am old for my age and do...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Love is a great beautifier.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT It takes two flints to make a fire.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of gove...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when ...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT "Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT "Please, sir, is this Plumfield?" asked a ragged boy of the man who opened the great gate at which ...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, ...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Many of the bravest never are known, and get no praise. [But]that does not lessen their beauty...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman qu...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction tha...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I ask not for any crown
But that which all may win;
Nor try to conquer any world
Exce...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I've been so bothered with my property, that I'm tired of it, and don't mean to save up any more, bu...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks; and I make so ma...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Housekeeping ain't no joke
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don't let it spoil you, for it's wicked to throw away so m...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Where's the use of looking nice, when no one sees me but those cross midgets, and no one cares wheth...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT It’s bad enough to be a girl, anyway, when I like boys’ games and work and manners!
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you und...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad; ba...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up a...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant t...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one's conquests
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT We all have our own life to pursue, Our own kind of dream to be weaving... And we all have the power...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman qu...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT She was the first of her kind, ... She was a woman living in a man's world and succeeding in a man's...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I do think that families are the most beautiful things in all the world.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Beth could not reason upon or explain the faith that gave her courage and patience to give up life, ...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, bu...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to tou...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit sp...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction tha...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year," said Margaret, standing at the window on...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothi...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and ha...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for oth...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Don't laugh at the spinsters, dear girls, for often very tender, tragic romances are hidden away in ...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you und...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Let us be elegant or die!
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT To be strong, and beautiful, and go round making music all the time. Yes, she could do that, and wit...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Don't try to make me grow up before my time…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Education is not confined to books, and the finest characters often graduate from no college, but ma...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself." -
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT He was poor, yet always appeared to be giving something away; a stranger, yet everyone was his frien...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as yo...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I think we are all hopelessly flawed.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm ...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Right Jo better be happy old maids than unhappy wives or unmaidenly girls running about to find husb...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chival...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Queen of my tub, I merrily sing,
While the white foam rises high,
And sturdily wash, and r...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT No, dear, but speaking of Father reminded me how much I miss him, how much I owe him, and how faithf...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …we're twins, and so we love each other more than other people…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Housekeeping ain't no joke.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT There are plenty to love you so try to be satisfied with Father and Mother, Sisters and Brothers, fr...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an America...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up an...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT ...the words 'we are sisters' went straight to her heart and nestled there.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I'm not afraid, but it seem...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding th...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Resolved to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I may be strong-minded, but no one can say I'm out of my sphere now, for woman's special mission is ...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people,...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Your father, Jo. He never loses patience,--never doubts or complains,--but always hopes, and works a...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Oh, that is the surprise. It's so lovely, I pity you because you don't know it…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT It’s genius simmering, perhaps. I’ll let it simmer, and see what comes of it,” he said, with a...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …the child's heart bled when it was broken.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we ...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs....
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad ...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whol...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …the violin — that most human of all instruments…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT The dirt is picturesque, so I don't mind.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I'm afraid I couldn't like him without a spice of human naughtiness.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Jo's ambition was to do something very splendid; what it was she had no idea, as yet, but left it fo...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT But, like all happiness, it did not last long…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any wa...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT When we make little sacrifices we like to have them appreciated, at least…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT such hours are beautiful to live, but very hard to describe…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …I can't help seeing that you are very lonely, and sometimes there is a hungry look in your eyes t...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Love covers a multitude of sins…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Now and then, in this workaday world, things do happen in the delightful storybook fashion, and what...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …she'll go and fall in love, and there's an end of peace and fun, and cozy times together.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I hate ordinary people!
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …tomorrow was her birthday, and she was thinking how fast the years went by, how old she was getti...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands."

"They're not empty no...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I wish I had no heart, it aches so…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, with...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say no when they mean yes, and drive a man ou...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I’m not like the rest of you; I never made any plans about what I’d do when I grew up; I never t...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Every few weeks she would shut herself up in her room, put on her scribbling suit, and fall into a v...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Conceit spoils the finest genius.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT ...the love, respect, and confidence of my children was the sweetest reward I could receive for my e...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Be worthy love, and love will come.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I want to do something splendid...something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm de...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a ri...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fa...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT My child, the troubles and temptations of your life are beginning, and may be many; but you can over...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Your father, Jo. He never loses patience, never doubts or complains, but always hopes, and works and...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT All the worse for the undeniable talent which hides the evil so subtly and makes the danger so delig...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT ... swept into the giddy vortex which keeps so many young people revolving aimlessly, till they go d...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT ... for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never thi...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT If Mr. Clemens cannot think of something better to tell our pure-minded lads and lasses, he had bett...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I want to do something splendid…
Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten afte...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, an...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …the day had been both unprofitable and unsatisfactory, and he was wishing he could live it over a...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Mine first --mine last-- mine even in the grave!
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT When Laurie said 'Good-by', he whispered significantly, "It won't do a bit of good, Jo. My eye is on...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT ...but, dear me, let us be elegant or die.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT You are like a chestnut burr, prickly outside, but silky-soft within, and a sweet kernel, if one can...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Jo's face was a study next day, for the secret rather weighed upon her, and she found it hard not to...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT As to the other three, if they had been perfection they would not have been real girls, and you coul...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT How little it takes to make a young girl happy! A pretty dress, sunshine, and somebody opposite, and...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Boys don't gush, so I can stand it. The last time I let in a party of girls, one fell into my arms a...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have th...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Presently, out from the wrappings came a teapot, which caused her to clasp her hands with delight, f...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT ridicule is often harder to bear than self-denial.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I want to do something splendid before I go into my castle, something heroic or wonderful that won't...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Human minds are more full of mysteries than any written book and more changeable than the cloud shap...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Good, old-fashioned ways keep hearts sweet, heads sane, hands busy.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT We live in a beautiful and wonderful world, Demi, and the more you now about it the wiser and the be...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I could have been a great many things.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I want my daughters to be beautiful, accomplished, and good. To be admired, loved, and respected. To...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an America...
LOUISA ALCOTT People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for...
LOUISA ALCOTT My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding th...
LOUISA ALCOTT I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I'm not afraid, but it seem...
LOUISA ALCOTT If Mr. Clemens cannot think of something better to tell our pure-minded lads and lasses, he had bett...
LOUISA ALCOTT I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
LOUISA ALCOTT I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.
LOUISA ALCOTT Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one's conquests
LOUISA ALCOTT Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction tha...
LOUISA ALCOTT Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!
LOUISA ALCOTT My occupation is solely that of a painter. No one can argue with pictures (re descriptions in Uncle ...
LOUISA MAE ALCOTT Housekeeping ain't no joke.
LOUIS MAY ALCOTT