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
Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!
Never use a long word when a short one will do
A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
Life is like college; may I graduate and earn some honors.
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
Father asked us what was God's noblest work. Anna said men, but I said babies. Men are often bad, but babies never are.
Let us be elegant or die! --Amy
Poor dull Concord. Nothing colorful has come through here since the Redcoats.
I could have been a great many things.
"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks; and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end. (Jo March)
Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself." -
The fear of being an old maid made young girls rush into matrimony with a recklessness that astonishes.