Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcottwas an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Womenand its sequels Little Menand Jo's Boys. Raised by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott in New England, she grew up among many of the well-known intellectuals of the day such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Henry David Thoreau...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth29 November 1832
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
Let us be elegant or die! --Amy
You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one.
She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.
Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.
Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting.
I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don't think any one will deny us.
It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.
It takes two flints to make a fire.
...for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.
Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.