I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
Louisa May AlcottDon't cry so bitterly, but remember this day, and resolve with all your soul that you will never know another like it.
Louisa May AlcottI for one don't want to be ranked among idiots, felons, and minors any longer, for I am none of them.
Louisa May AlcottBeth ceased to fear him from that moment, and sat there talking to him as cozily as if she had known him all her life, for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.
Louisa May AlcottDuring the fifteen minutes that followed, the proud and sensitive girl suffered a shame and pain which she never forgot. To others it might seem a ludicrous or trivial affair, but to her it was a hard experience, for during the twelve years of her life she had been governed by love alone
Louisa May Alcott