Quotes from Louisa May Alcott

She had cherished her anger till it grew strong and took possession of her, as evil thoughts and feelings always do unless cast out at once.

My idea is that if we girls have any influence we should use it for the good of these boys, and not pamper them up, making slaves of ourselves and tyrants of them. Let them prove what they can do and be before they ask anything of us, and give us a chance to do the same. Then we know where we are, and shall not make mistakes to mourn over all our lives.

This is the first duty of parents, and no false delicacy should keep them from the watchful care, the gentle warning, which makes self-knowledge and self-control the compass and pilot of the young as they leave the safe harbour of home.

E' dalle piccolezze che si vede il carattere delle persone.

Better be happy old maids than unhappy wives, or unmaidenly girls, running about to find husbands. ~ Mr.s March

She was living in bad sociery; and, imaginary though it was, its influence affected her, for she was feeding heart and fancy on dangerous and unsubstantial food, and was fast brushing the innocent bloom from her nature by a premature acquaintance with the darker side of life, which comes soon enough to all of us.

only it's easier for me to risk my life for a person than to be pleasant to him when I don't feel like it.

You think then, that it is better to have a few duties and live a little for others, do you?

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.

Well, I won't, but I hate to see things going all crisscross and getting snarled up, when a pull here and a snip there would straighten it out. I wish wearing flatirons on our heads would keep us from growing up. But buds will be roses, and kittens cats, more's the pity!

You can go through the world with your elbows out and your nose in the air, and call it independence, if you like. That's not my way.

Mr. Laurence. I have got a letter for the lady.

People who hire all these things done for them never know what they lose, for the homeliest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them

I might've said 'yes,' not because I love him any more, but because I care more to be loved than when he went away.

Laurie liked her better for it, and found himself both admiring and respecting the brave patience that made the most of opportunity, and the cheerful spirit that covered poverty with flowers.

Ah, if I could only feel assured that it was right and not a blind impulse of a weak woman's heart!' ~Rosamond

I agree not to expect anything

Women who dare are few, the women who would stand and wait are many.

love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.

Have regular hours for work and play, make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.

Like a confiding child, she asked no questions, but left everything to God and nature, Father and Mother of us all, feeling sure that they, and they only, could teach and strengthen heart and spirit for this life and the life to come. She did not rebuke Jo with saintly speeches, only loved her better for her passionate affection, and clung more closely to the dear human love, from which our Father never means us to be weaned, but through which He draws us closer to Himself.

I don't see why God made any night; day is so much pleasanter…

Si tiene edad para plantear la pregunta, tiene edad para escuchar la respuesta

It's very singular how hard it is to manage your mind,' said Demi, clasping his hands round his knees, and looking up at the sky as if for information upon his favorite topic.