... because I have fallen in love with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man.
Louisa May AlcottI want to do something splendidโฆ Something heroic or wonderful that wonโt be forgotten after Iโm deadโฆ I think I shall write books.
Louisa May AlcottI'd have a stable full of Arabian steeds, rooms piled with books, and I'd write out of a magic inkstand, so that my works should be as famous as Laurie's music. I want to do something splendid before I go into my castle,-something heroic, or wonderful,-that won't be forgotten after I'm dead. I don't know what, but I'm on the watch for it, and mean to astonish you all, some day. I think I shall write books, and get rich and famous; that would suit me, so that is my favorite dream.
Louisa May Alcott