American novelist (1832-1888)
Youth, health and freedom were meant to be enjoyed and I want to try every pleasure before I am too old to enjoy them.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
A Long Fatal Love Chase
Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say no when they mean yes, and drive a man out of his wits just for the fun of it.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Little Women
I've learned to check the hasty words that rise to my lips, and when I feel that they mean to break out against my will, I just go away for a minute, and give myself a little shake for being so weak and wicked.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Little Women
Souls and bodies should go on together.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Work: A Story of Experience
Freedom ... the sauce best beloved by the boyish soul.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Little Women
Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Abbot's Ghost: A Christmas Story
Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Rose in Bloom
Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Little Women
Conceit spoils the finest genius.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Little Women
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 pay deference to the old, protect the feeble, and serve womankind, regardless of rank, age, or color.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Little Women
The future is still unspoiled.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
A Long Fatal Love Chase