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
Poor dull Concord. Nothing colorful has come through here since the Redcoats.
Good, old-fashioned ways keep hearts sweet, heads sane, hands busy.
Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow…
Love is a flower that grows in any soil, works its sweet miracles undaunted by autumn frost or winter snow, blooming fair and fragrant all the year, and blessing those who give and those who receive.
Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
Human minds are more full of mysteries than any written book and more changeable than the cloud shapes in the air.
I could have been a great many things.
life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
Don't try to make me grow up before my time…
Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can
A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman.
…we're twins, and so we love each other more than other people…
I don't worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.
Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is that which is the readiest to to pay deference to the old, protect the feeble, and serve womankind, regardless of rank, age, or color.