The girls gave their hearts into their mother's keeping-their souls into their father's; and to both parents, who lived and labored so faithfully for them, they gave a love that grew with their growth, and bound them tenderly together by the sweetest tie which blesses life and outlives death.
Louisa May Alcottpolitics were as bad as mathematics, and that the mission of politicians seemed to be calling each other names
Louisa May AlcottI don't like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I'd rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.
Louisa May AlcottOur actions are in our own hands, but the consequences of them are not. Remember that, my dear, and think twice before you do anything.
Louisa May Alcott