Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.
Louisa May Alcott[Jo to her mother] I knew there was mischief brewing. I felt it and now it's worse than I imagined. I just wish I could marry Meg myself, and keep her safe in the family.
Louisa May Alcott... because I have fallen in love with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man.
Louisa May AlcottShe preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable.
Louisa May Alcott