All the worse for the undeniable talent which hides the evil so subtly and makes the danger so delightful.
Louisa May AlcottNow and then genius carries all before it, but not often. We have to climb slowly, with many slips and falls.
Louisa May AlcottFor with eyes made clear by many tears, and a heart softened by the tenderest sorrow, she recognized the beauty of her sister's lifeโuneventful, unambitious, yet full of the genuine virtues which 'smell sweet, and blossom in the dust', the self-forgetfulness that makes the humblest on earth remembered soonest in heaven, the true success which is possible to all.
Louisa May Alcott