Little Women Quotes

“My castle is very different from what I planned, but I would not alter it...”
― 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; and, meanwhile, found her greatest affliction in the fact that she couldn't read, run, and ride as much as she liked. A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which were both comic and pathetic.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“I’m happy as I am, and love my liberty too well to be in a hurry to give it up for any mortal man.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

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

“So, sitting at the dear little piano, Beth softly touched the keys, and in the sweet voice they had never thought to hear again, sang to her own accompaniment the quaint hymn, which was a singularly fitting song for her.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“She felt comforted at once by the sympathy and confidence given her; the knowledge that her mother had a fault like hers, and tried to mend it.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“She could not speak, but she did "hold on." and the warm grasp of the friendly human hand comforted her sore heart, and seemed to lead her nearer to the Divine arm which alone could uphold her in trouble.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Je suis en proie à la colère presque tous les jours de ma vie, Jo ; mais j’ai appris à ne pas la manifester et j’espère encore apprendre à ne plus la ressentir ; quand bien même cela devrait me prendre quarante autres années de ma vie.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women