Jessica Nelson > Jessica's Quotes

“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Work: A Story of Experience

“Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.”
― Amos Bronson Alcott, Tablets

“The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.”
― Louisa May Alcott

“That is a good book it seems to me, which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.”
― Louisa May Alcott

“There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chirping, and the sweet, sunshiny presence vanishes, leaving silence and shadow behind.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“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)”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.”
― Louisa May Alcott, A Long Fatal Love Chase

“Simple, genuine goodness is the best capital to found the business of this life upon. It lasts when fame and money fail, and is the only riches we can take out of this world with us.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Men

“Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.”
― Carl Sandburg

“Enthusiastic admiration is the first principle of knowledge and the last”
― William Blake

“Let our scars fall in love.”
― Galway Kinnell

“Life is a series of checks and balances, sowing and reaping.”
― Jessica Nelson, Remember Love

“Your desire to protect me is noble, but I must be free to make my own choices. To control someone is not loving.”
― Jessica Nelson, Love Inspired Historical April 2018 Box Set: The Rancher Inherits a Family\Montana Lawman Rescuer\Mail-Order Bride Switch\The Unconventional Governess