But buds will be roses, and kittens, cats - more's the pity. Louisa May Alcott More Quotes by Louisa May Alcott More Quotes From Louisa May Alcott I mean that it is more natural for me to be wicked than virtuous, when I do a bad act, and I've done many, I never feel wither shame, remorse or fear, I sometimes wish it was not necessary as I don't like the trouble, but as for any moral sense of principle, I haven't a particle. Many people are like me as actions prove, but they are not so frank in owning it and insist on keeping up the humbug of virtue. Louisa May Alcott wickedmeanpeople ... for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never think them too trivial to be resisted. Louisa May Alcott temptationintegritythinking I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more. Louisa May Alcott talentwanttrying I'd have a stable full of Arabian steeds, rooms piled with books, and I'd write out of a magic inkstand, so that my works should be as famous as Laurie's music. I want to do something splendid before I go into my castle,-something heroic, or wonderful,-that won't be forgotten after I'm dead. I don't know what, but I'm on the watch for it, and mean to astonish you all, some day. I think I shall write books, and get rich and famous; that would suit me, so that is my favorite dream. Louisa May Alcott dreammeanbook For the wise old man was universally beloved, and ministered so beautifully to his flock that many of them thanked him all their lives for the help given to both hearts and souls. Louisa May Alcott wiseheartmen The girls gave their hearts into their mother's keeping-their souls into their father's; and to both parents, who lived and labored so faithfully for them, they gave a love that grew with their growth, and bound them tenderly together by the sweetest tie which blesses life and outlives death. Louisa May Alcott girlmotherfather Mrs. Jo did not mean the measles, but that more serious malady called love, which is apt to ravage communities, spring and autumn, when winter gayety and summer idleness produce whole bouquets of engagements, and set young people to pairing off like the birds. Louisa May Alcott summerspringmean I'll try and be what he loves to call me, 'a little woman,' and not be rough and wild, but do my duty here instead of wanting to be somewhere else. Louisa May Alcott somewhere-elsetryingfather ...Meg learned to love her husband better for his poverty, because it seem to have made a man of him, giving him the strength and courage to fight his own way, and taught him a tender patience with which to bear and comfort the natural longings and failures of those he loved. Louisa May Alcott husbandfightinglove I never knew how much like heaven this world could be, when two people love and live for one another! Louisa May Alcott heaventwopeople ...freedom being the sauce best beloved by the boyish soul. Louisa May Alcott belovedsaucesoul My father taught in the wise way which unfolds what lies in the child Louisa May Alcott wisefatherchildren Money is a needful and precious thing Louisa May Alcott little-womenprecious-thingsmoney ...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. Louisa May Alcott dearmeanfather November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year. Louisa May Alcott novembermonthsyears If people really want to go, and really try all their lives, I think they will get in; for I don't believe there are any locks on that door, or any guards at the gate. I always imagine it is as it is in the picture, where the shining ones stretch out their hands to welcome poor Christian as he comes up from the river. Louisa May Alcott christianbelievethinking Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one's conquests. Louisa May Alcott rivalrycharmadd It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory. Louisa May Alcott realfirelittles Love is a beautifier. Louisa May Alcott love-is Love Jo all your days, if you choose, but don't let it spoil you, for it's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't have the one you want. Louisa May Alcott unrequited-lovewickedwant
