Little Women (Alma Children's Classics) by Louisa May Alcott Quotes

“picking up Meg’s napkin, with an expression which”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women - Illustrated

“Into each life some rain must fall,”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“So taught by love and sorrow, Jo wrote her little stories, and sent them away to make friends for themselves and her, finding it a very charitable world to such humble wanderers, for they were kindly welcomed, and sent home comfortable tokens to their mother, like dutiful children whom good fortune overtakes.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“It was easy to promise self-abnegation when self was wrapped up in another, and heart and soul were purified by a sweet example. But when the helpful voice was silent, the daily lesson over, the beloved presence gone, and nothing remained but loneliness and grief, then Jo found her promise very hard to keep.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“There was the usual assortment of young men absorbed in themselves, young couples absorbed in each other, married ladies in their babies, and old gentlemen in politics. I”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Fearing to ask any more advice, she did her best alone, and discovered that something more than energy and good will is necessary to make a cook.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“I’m not Meg tonight, I’m ‘a doll’ who does all sorts of crazy things. Tomorrow I shall put away my ‘fuss and feathers’ and be desperately good again,” she answered with an affected little laugh.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Young men often laugh at the sensible girls whom they secretly respect, and affect to admire the silly ones whom they secretly despise, because earnestness, intelligence, and womanly dignity are not the fashion.” —An Old-Fashioned Girl”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women