Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcottwas an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Womenand its sequels Little Menand Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth29 November 1832
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
Louisa May Alcott quotes about
Now and then, in this workaday world, things do happen in the delightful storybook fashion, and what a comfort that is.
…she'll go and fall in love, and there's an end of peace and fun, and cozy times together.
such hours are beautiful to live, but very hard to describe…
If life is often so hard as this, I don't see how we ever shall get through it…
Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace.
Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants…
So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped.
…to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.
It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties.
I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me…
…I can't help seeing that you are very lonely, and sometimes there is a hungry look in your eyes that goes to my heart.
…nothing remained but loneliness and grief…
…nothing seemed impossible in the beginning…