He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
Louisa May AlcottThe female population exceeds the male, you know, especially in New England, which accounts for the high state of culture we are in, perhaps.
Louisa May AlcottThe scar will remain, but it is better for a man to lose both arms than his soul; and these hard years, instead of being lost, may be made the most precious of your lives, if they teach you to rule yourselves.
Louisa May Alcott