Alcott, Louisa May

Amy March, in Little Women


• Talent isn’t genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won’t...
• Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to ...
as quoted in Louisa May


• Work is and always has been my salvation and I thank the Lord for it.
• When I had youth I had no money; now I have the money I have no time; and when I get the time, if I ...
Jo March, in Little Women


• What do girls do who haven’t any mothers to help them through their troubles?
Laurie, in Little Women


• It takes two flints to make a fire.
• Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man ou...
Little Women


• Love is a great beautifier.
Meg, in Little Women


• People don’t have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for...
Mrs. March, in Little Women


• Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be over...
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