Little Women Quotes

“I leave Beth to your hands, then, for she will open her tender little heart to her Jo sooner than to anyone else.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Criticism is the best test of such work, for it will show her both unsuspected merits and faults, and help her to do better next time.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Only trod by youthful feet,
Dreams of a future never found,
Memories of a past still sweet,
Half-writ poems, stories”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Jo, dear, come in; I want you.' Just what Laurie longed to say, with a different meaning!”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“for through an opening in the woods one could look across the wide, blue river, the meadows on the other side, far over the outskirts of the great city, to the green hills that rose to meet the sky. The sun was low, and the heavens glowed with the splendor of an autumn sunset. Gold and purple clouds lay on the hilltops; and rising high into the ruddy light were silvery white peaks, that shone like the airy spires of some Celestial City.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“There was no answer except her sister's cheek against her own, not even tears, for when most deeply moved, Jo did not cry.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women