โฆbecause talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.
Louisa May AlcottFame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.
Louisa May AlcottShe fell into the moody, miserable state of mind which often comes when strong wills have to yield to the inevitable.
Louisa May AlcottThe thought that, insignificant as she was, she yet might do some good, made her very careful of her acts and words, and so anxious to keep head contented and face happy, that she forgot her clothes, and made others do the same. She did not know it, but that good old fashion of simplicity made the plain gowns pretty, and the grace of unconsciousness beautified their little wearer with the charm that makes girlhood sweetest to those who truly love and reverence it.
Louisa May Alcott