LOUISA MAY ALCOTT QUOTES V

American novelist (1832-1888)

Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say no when they mean yes, and drive a man out of his wits just for the fun of it.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Little Women

Tags: women


Youth, health and freedom were meant to be enjoyed and I want to try every pleasure before I am too old to enjoy them.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

A Long Fatal Love Chase

Tags: youth, pleasure


Freedom ... the sauce best beloved by the boyish soul.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Little Women

Tags: freedom


I've learned to check the hasty words that rise to my lips, and when I feel that they mean to break out against my will, I just go away for a minute, and give myself a little shake for being so weak and wicked.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Little Women

Tags: anger


Souls and bodies should go on together.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Work: A Story of Experience

Tags: souls


Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Little Women

Tags: worry


Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Abbot's Ghost: A Christmas Story

Tags: women, determination


Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is that which is the readiest to pay deference to the old, protect the feeble, and serve womankind, regardless of rank, age, or color.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Little Women

Tags: courtesy


Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Rose in Bloom


Conceit spoils the finest genius.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

Little Women

Tags: conceit, genius


The future is still unspoiled.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

A Long Fatal Love Chase

Tags: future