My only answer is, if my grave stood open on one side and you upon the other I'd go into my grave before I would take one step to meet you. Louisa May Alcott More Quotes by Louisa May Alcott More Quotes From Louisa May Alcott 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 for the fun of it. Louisa May Alcott girlfunmean Marmee: Oh, Jo. Jo, you have so many extraordinary gifts; how can you expect to lead an ordinary life? You’re ready to go out and – and find a good use for your talent. Tho’ I don’t know what I shall do without my Jo. Go, and embrace your liberty. And see what wonderful things come of it. Louisa May Alcott libertyuseordinary There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment. Louisa May Alcott reallawtrying Don't laugh at the spinsters, dear girls, for often very tender, tragic romances are hidden away in the hearts that beat so quietly under the sober gowns, and many silent sacrifices of youth, health, ambition, love itself, make the faded faces beautiful in God's sight. Even the sad, sour sisters should be kindly dealt with, because they have missed the sweetest part of life, if for no other reason. Louisa May Alcott womengirlbeautiful You say often you wish a library; here I gif you one; for between these two lids (he meant covers) is many books in one. Read him well, and he will help you much; for the study of character in this book will help you to read it in the world, and paint it with your pen. Louisa May Alcott charactertwobook Now and then genius carries all before it, but not often. We have to climb slowly, with many slips and falls. Louisa May Alcott now-and-thengeniusfall For with eyes made clear by many tears, and a heart softened by the tenderest sorrow, she recognized the beauty of her sister's life—uneventful, unambitious, yet full of the genuine virtues which 'smell sweet, and blossom in the dust', the self-forgetfulness that makes the humblest on earth remembered soonest in heaven, the true success which is possible to all. Louisa May Alcott eyeheartsweet A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever. Louisa May Alcott foreverlostjoy …marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties. Louisa May Alcott dutyhalfrights No woman should give her happiness into the keeping of a man without fixed principles. Louisa May Alcott principlesgivingmen Work is and always has been my salvation and I thank the Lord for it. Louisa May Alcott salvationliteraturelord The scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves. Louisa May Alcott soulmenyears I'm tired of praise; and love is very sweet, when it is simple and sincere like this. Louisa May Alcott tiredsimplesweet In the midst of her tears came the thought, "When people are in danger, they ask God to save them;" and, slipping down upon her knees, she said her prayer as she had never said it before, for when human help seems gone we turn to Him as naturally as lost children cry to their father, and feel sure that he will hear and answer them. Louisa May Alcott prayerfatherchildren I don't pretend to be wise, but I am observing, and I see a great deal more than you'd imagine. I'm interested in other people's experiences and inconsistencies, and, though I can't explain, I remember and use them for my own benefit. Louisa May Alcott usewisepeople O vanity, mislead no more! Louisa May Alcott deceitvanitylying The female population exceeds the male, you know, especially in New England, which accounts for the high state of culture we are in, perhaps. Louisa May Alcott populationmalesfemale Love scenes, if genuine, are indescribable; for to those who have enacted them the most elaborate description seems tame, and to those who have not, the simplest picture seems overdone. Louisa May Alcott descriptiongenuinescene We've got minds and souls as well as hearts; ambition and talents as well as beauty and accomplishments; and we want to live and learn as well as love and be loved. I'm sick of being told that is all a woman is fit for! I won't have anything to do with love until I prove that I am something beside a housekeeper and a baby-tender! Louisa May Alcott ambitionheartbaby I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all. Louisa May Alcott pretty-thingsgirlthinking
