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| LOUISA MAY ALCOTT |
| (1832-1888) U.S. author best known for realism in her Little Women series |
| �A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.�
�A little kingdom I possess, Where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find Of governing it well.� �Can�t keep still all day�. I like adventures, and I�m going to find one.� [Little Women] �Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.� [Jo�s Boys] �Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.� �I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.� �I believe in the same pay for the same work. Don�t you?� [in an 1874 letter to Maria S. Porter] " '...I dare say it would be if the benighted lady did not think it necessary to cram her pupils like Thanksgiving turkeys, instead of feeding them in a natural and wholesome way. It is the fault with most American schools, and the poor little heads will go on aching till we learn better' " (867). [Dr. Alec, Eight Cousins] �I like good strong words that mean something.� [Jo, Little Women] �I wish I had no heart, it aches so.� [Meg, Little Women] �It takes two flints to make a fire.� �Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.� �Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors!� �Love is a great beautifier.� �My definition [of a philosopher] is of a man up in a balloon, with his family and friends holding the ropes which confine him to earth and trying to haul him down.� �Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.� |