Louisa May Alcott Quotes

“I like good strong words that mean something…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Don't try to make me grow up before my time…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“I wish I had no heart, it aches so…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.”
― Louisa May Alcott, An Old-Fashioned Girl

“I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“…tomorrow was her birthday, and she was thinking how fast the years went by, how old she was getting, and how little she seemed to have accomplished. Almost twenty-five and nothing to show for it.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“I like adventures, and I’m going to find some.”
― Louisa May Alcott

“I hate ordinary people!”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Now and then, in this workaday world, things do happen in the delightful storybook fashion, and what a comfort that is.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I'm not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“…she'll go and fall in love, and there's an end of peace and fun, and cozy times together.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“such hours are beautiful to live, but very hard to describe…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“…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.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Love covers a multitude of sins…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Rome took all the vanity out of me, for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair."
"Why should you, with so much energy and talent?"
"That's just why, because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a common-place dauber, so I don't intend to try anymore.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“…the violin — that most human of all instruments…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Jo's Boys

“…Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any way.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Jo's ambition was to do something very splendid; what it was she had no idea, as yet, but left it for time to tell her…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“But, like all happiness, it did not last long…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“In her secret soul, however, she decided that politics were as bad as mathematics, and that the mission of politicians seemed to be calling each other names…”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Jo's Boys