Louisa May Alcott

Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.

I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.

I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.

Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.

What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?

Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.

Love is a great beautifier.

She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.

Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of it.

I like to help women help themselves, as that is, in my opinion, the best way to settle the woman question. Whatever we can do and do well we have a right to, and I don't think any one will deny us.

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.