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Boys don't gush, so I can stand it. The last time I let in a party of girls, one fell into my arms and said, "Darling, love me!" I wanted to shake her,' answered Mrs. Jo, wiping her pen with energy.


Louisa May Alcott

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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whol...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …the violin — that most human of all instruments…
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.
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NICOLE KRAUSS I held her in my arms, and her pressure fell and she went to sleep in my arms.
HOWARD STARK I didn't mean to tell you," Mrs. Whatsit faltered. "I didn't mean ever to let you know. But oh, my d...
MADELEINE L'ENGLE I watched the tears run down her cheeks and start to drip from the end of her chin. One part of me w...
JOSEPH DELANEY She blushed. I love it when women blush, especially those big butch girls who know you want them. An...
DOROTHY ALLISON What does Mrs Preston want to go abroad for?' asked Mr Leslie.

'I think her doctor wanted...
ANGELA THIRKELL Amy! My God! My God! My darling!' and buried my face in her neck, my arms wrapped tight around her, ...
GILLIAN FLYNN But soon I loved her completely and wished to possess her, own her, absorb her, eat her. I wanted he...
IAN MCEWAN And the emotion is especially strong in Boston. Here, Louisa May Alcott is their home-town girl.
KATE FISHER It wasn't until I was an adult reader that I began to fathom the influence of fairy tales on wri...
KATE BERNHEIMER God, make me blind so i can never see her face again...God, make me deaf so i can never hear her voi...
JORDAN PETERS How can I judge?" she said at last. "To me, he is a hero. To the world a monster." She let her head ...
ROBERT FANNEY I think I fell in love with her, a little bit. Isn't that dumb? But it was like I knew her. Like she...
NEIL GAIMAN You're important," Nicholas interrupted quietly catching her face and turning her to peer at him. "Y...
LYNSAY SANDS I need you because I know I deserve you but let me fall in love with you one last time before I let ...
ROBERT M. DRAKE Michael,” she whispered, wishing he would kiss her. “I love the way you say my name. You’re th...
SARAH MACLEAN And she hugged me. And I closed my eyes because I wanted to know nothing but her arms. And she kisse...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I said that I can't stand next to the treadmill and tell her to do it, so I decided to do it with he...
STEPHEN LAM You don't know what it's like to grow up with a mother who never said a positive thing in her life, ...
JUNOT DíAZ I grab on to her wrists, pull them away from her face and kiss her lips, lips that can’t kiss me b...
KATIE MCGARRY Last time I tried to make love to my wife nothing happened, so I said to her, 'What's the matter, yo...
RODNEY DANGERFIELD I faced the gaudy sunflower on her canvas bag -- it looked hand-painted and at last my eyes fell int...
JERRY SPINELLI I guess it was mainly my love of dogs. I had a dog at the time I started and I wanted to spend more ...
JACKIE JORDAN I always wanted to work with Betty White, because she is one of my heroes of all time, and I just lo...
CHEECH MARIN I bought my daughter a Chihuahua and I fell in love with it. So now I carry Coco around with me all ...
DENIS LEARY Hi, I’m Jude Ryder Jamieson,” he began, extending his hand. I took it, shaking it. He held onto ...
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DMX She broke my heart. My mother broke my heart. If I love Rachel she’ll have more power than both of...
KATIE MCGARRY Whatever it was her father wanted, Emma did not know how to provide it. She felt confused by what he...
CAROL LEE It's really sort of morbid, but she said her mother wanted to see me all her life. And when she ...
HANK SNOW The dreamer in her
Had fallen in love with me and she did not know it.
That moment the dre...
TED HUGHES Sam looked at me soft. And she hugged me. And I closed my eyes because I wanted to know nothing but ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Tonight I Can Write

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.

Write, for e...
PABLO NERUDA Come here, baby." And with my words, Echo leaned into me soft, pliant, broken. "You're not alone," I...
KATIE MCGARRY I mostly want to remind her of the recipes of healing, and give her my own made-on-the spot remedy f...
BELL HOOKS I loved her [Gilberte]; I was sorry not to have had the time and the inspiration to insult her, to h...
MARCEL PROUST I wanted nothing more than her attention. Her thoughts filled with me. Her eyes lost in my image. I ...
HUBERT MARTIN I met Ellie Goulding at the BRITs. She's lovely. I've got a lot of time for her. I gave her ...
TINIE TEMPAH Tonight I can write the saddest lines.

Write, for example,'The night is shattered
an...
PABLO NERUDA I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love with her in the years we wer...
NICHOLAS SPARKS It was not enough to be the last guy she kissed. I wanted to be the last one she loved. And I knew I...
JOHN GREEN I turned my boys over to her and she promised me she would bring them home, so I made her a throw.
BETTY RODDAM The way she curls in my arms makes me feel like I’m the hero. I like being her hero. I like the wa...
KATIE MCGARRY When she reached me, she stopped and kissed my father on the cheek before taking my hand. However, w...
J.J. MCAVOY I wanted to help her but she let me down. I took her from nowhere and gave her a job because I wante...
AUGUSTO PALACIOS I can write the saddest poem of all tonight.

Write, for instance: "The night is full of ...
PABLO NERUDA Still I pulled her into a hug, because I knew she let me off the hook on purpose and yeah, I'm a guy...
NYRAE DAWN This was our house. Mine and hers. I know she’d sneak over to the rectory every once in a while an...
TIFFANY REISZ I was pregnant when I did the first shot of Proof, and I started to show by the end. It was very imp...
GWYNETH PALTROW If my daughter has a bad dream and wants to get into my bed, I'm a sucker for her sweet face and...
LARA SPENCER How could she just leave me here to live without her? I miss her so much. I love her. I want her to ...
AVA DELLAIRA I wanted to drown inside a woman in the feeling and drooling of the love I could give her. I wanted ...
MARKUS ZUSAK If she had touched me," he said very softly, "I would have been hers and not my own, not ever again....
PETER S. BEAGLE I have heard it said that one loses a woman by loving her too much, that an affectation of coldness,...
HENRY DE MONTHERLANT I love all the girls who have my song on their myspaces. I love the people who come to my shows and ...
TAYLOR SWIFT She asked me if I wanted to trade places with her. I said I'd do it in a heartbeat.
LISA HALL I took her into bed with me and propped myself up with pillows against the headboard to let her nurs...
WENDELL BERRY A laugh jumps out of my mouth, surprising me. I can’t even remember the last time I laughed and it...
NYRAE DAWN Everyone wanted to know why she did it. And I said because her boyfriend broke up with her. He was h...
ANDREA COOPER Jem told me what Ragnor Fell said about my father,” Will said. “That for my father, there was on...
CASSANDRA CLARE I said, I want to tell you something.
She said, you can tell me tomorrow.
I had never told...
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER My mom wanted to be an actress, so she figured her son could be one for her. She said she'd give me ...
TOBEY MAGUIRE I smiled and looked at her- there she was with such a genuine grin and twinkle in her eyes. I kissed...
JORI NUNES I am going to die of love....daroga....I am dying of love .... That's how it is... I loved her so! A...
GASTON LEROUX I’m going to walk over to you,” I say, taking one step at a time in her direction like I’m tal...
KATJA MILLAY I brush her hair out of her eyes and run my finger along the edge of her face. "I love you, Lake." COLLEEN HOOVER I have four boys and one girl. My daughter is my only little girl and I just love her to death. I ca...
DWIGHT HENRY And I closed my eyes because I wanted to know nothing but her arms.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I might have been in love with the idea of her. I might have loved the attention. But I didn’t lov...
MICHELLE DALTON To my lady. May she have success in all her endeavors, health and friendships, and may I not take my...
KATY EVANS My dad introduced me to baseball. Then one of my friends asked if I could play on a team; my dad sai...
BERT BLYLEVEN I fell in love with filmmaking. I fell in love with criticism. I fell in love with theory, and it ma...
SARAH GADON When Brittany walks into Mrs. P.'s class on Friday I'm still thinking about how I'm going to get bac...
SIMONE ELKELES Wrapping my arms around her, I walked her backward into the brick. “Tell me you chose me, Echo.”...
KATIE MCGARRY Knock, Knock."
"Who's there?"
"Olive."
"Olive who?"
"Olive...ooh. I love you, to...
JEAN FERRIS I always say the person who taught me how to sing indirectly because I listened to her all the time ...
JHENE AIKO She looked at her hand: Just some hand, holding a cheap pen. Some girls’ hand. She had nothing to ...
CYNTHIA VOIGT I love you, Savannah, and I always will," I breathed. "You're the best thing that's ever happened to...
NICHOLAS SPARKS I caught a red bird once,
I fell in love with her,
Took the red bird home with me,
I...
QUETZAL Boys,” said Amelia as she and Patrick stepped forward with the last gift, “Can you never give an...
MICALEA SMELTZER When I was six years old my friend was auditioning for 'Annie,' and I decided I wanted to au...
JACQUELINE EMERSON If thou must love me, let it be for nought Except for love's sake only. Do not say, I love her for...
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING My wife is a writer. She grew up in Alaska. She told me she was moving to Boulder and that I could c...
BRAD FELD I bunch Rachel's hair in my fist. The silky strands rub the spot between my fingers and I press my l...
KATIE MCGARRY You think you can make me like you again?”
I look over at her and give my head the slightest...
COLLEEN HOOVER love. she liberated me to life, she continued to do that. and when she was in her final sickness i w...
MAYA ANGELOU To see her was to fall in love with her. To hear her was to hear music. To feel her was to feel silk...
CARLOS SALINAS I stood beside the U-Haul, and I just watched her. I stared at her while she looked on with the sadd...
COLLEEN HOOVER I don’t want to hurt her, don’t want her to suffer. But the truth may hurt her more. I wrap my a...
CHRISTINE FONSECA Women.
Lord God, I used to follow these girls.
THey would come at me, those girls who wer...
DOROTHY ALLISON One thing about her," I said, "that often gets lost in all the scripts is that she can love uncondit...
REBECCA LEE In two easy strides, I reach her, weave my arms around her waist and lift her feet off the ground. M...
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT The dirt is picturesque, so I don't mind.
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LOUISA MAY ALCOTT All the worse for the undeniable talent which hides the evil so subtly and makes the danger so delig...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT ... swept into the giddy vortex which keeps so many young people revolving aimlessly, till they go d...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT ... for it is the small temptations which undermine integrity unless we watch and pray and never thi...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT If Mr. Clemens cannot think of something better to tell our pure-minded lads and lasses, he had bett...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I want to do something splendid…
Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten afte...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, an...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT …the day had been both unprofitable and unsatisfactory, and he was wishing he could live it over a...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Mine first --mine last-- mine even in the grave!
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT When Laurie said 'Good-by', he whispered significantly, "It won't do a bit of good, Jo. My eye is on...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT ...but, dear me, let us be elegant or die.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT You are like a chestnut burr, prickly outside, but silky-soft within, and a sweet kernel, if one can...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Jo's face was a study next day, for the secret rather weighed upon her, and she found it hard not to...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT As to the other three, if they had been perfection they would not have been real girls, and you coul...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT How little it takes to make a young girl happy! A pretty dress, sunshine, and somebody opposite, and...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have th...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Presently, out from the wrappings came a teapot, which caused her to clasp her hands with delight, f...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT ridicule is often harder to bear than self-denial.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I want to do something splendid before I go into my castle, something heroic or wonderful that won't...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Human minds are more full of mysteries than any written book and more changeable than the cloud shap...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Good, old-fashioned ways keep hearts sweet, heads sane, hands busy.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT We live in a beautiful and wonderful world, Demi, and the more you now about it the wiser and the be...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I could have been a great many things.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT I want my daughters to be beautiful, accomplished, and good. To be admired, loved, and respected. To...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an America...
LOUISA ALCOTT People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for...
LOUISA ALCOTT My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding th...
LOUISA ALCOTT I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I'm not afraid, but it seem...
LOUISA ALCOTT If Mr. Clemens cannot think of something better to tell our pure-minded lads and lasses, he had bett...
LOUISA ALCOTT I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
LOUISA ALCOTT I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.
LOUISA ALCOTT Rivalry adds so much to the charms of one's conquests
LOUISA ALCOTT Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction tha...
LOUISA ALCOTT Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!
LOUISA ALCOTT My occupation is solely that of a painter. No one can argue with pictures (re descriptions in Uncle ...
LOUISA MAE ALCOTT Housekeeping ain't no joke.
LOUIS MAY ALCOTT