#louisa

Where's the use of looking nice, when no one sees me but those cross midgets, and no one cares whether I'm pretty or not? ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#looks #pretty #louisa-may-alcott

But the spirit of Eve is strong in all her daughters. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #youth #change

…for no matter how lost and soiled and worn-out wandering sons may be, mothers can forgive and forget every thing as they fold them into their fostering arms. Happy the son whose faith in his mother remains unchanged, and who, through all his wanderings, has kept some filial token to repay her brave and tender love. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #faith

…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#louisa-may-alcott #marriage #marriage

It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#little-men #louisa-may-alcott #men

…and Aunt Jo retired, satisfied with the success of her last trap to catch a sunbeam. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

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Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it? ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#life #louisa-may-alcott #life

The youngest, aged twelve, could not conceal her disappointment, and turned away, feeling as so many of us have felt when we discover that our idols are very extraordinary men and women. ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#jo-s-boys #louisa-may-alcott #age

.....and I shall think her very mean indeed if she does not give me some of her gloves, for she has many of them, I've seen them myself.......and as you can see, I took the hint.......but not much love went into THAT package did it, my dear? ↗

— Louisa May Alcott

#love