I have made a plan for my life, as I am in my teens, and no more a child. I am old for my age and don't care much for girls' things. People think I'm wild and queer; but mother understands and helps me. I have not told anyone about my plans but I am going to be good. . . . Now I'm going to work really, for I feel a desire to improve and be a help and comfort, not a care and sorrow to my dear mother.


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Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say no when they mean yes, and drive a man ou...
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I’m not like the rest of you; I never made any plans about what I’d do when I grew up; I never t...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Every few weeks she would shut herself up in her room, put on her scribbling suit, and fall into a v...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Conceit spoils the finest genius.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
...the love, respect, and confidence of my children was the sweetest reward I could receive for my e...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow…
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Be worthy love, and love will come.
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
I want to do something splendid...something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm de...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a ri...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fa...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
My child, the troubles and temptations of your life are beginning, and may be many; but you can over...
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT
Your father, Jo. He never loses patience, never doubts or complains, but always hopes, and works and...
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
Boys don't gush, so I can stand it. The last time I let in a party of girls, one fell into my arms a...
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