Louisa May Alcott Love Quotes

#1. Boys don't gush, so I can stand it. The last time I let in a party of girls, one fell into my arms and said, "Darling, love me!" I wanted to shake her,' answered Mrs. Jo, wiping her pen with energy.

Louisa May Alcott

#2. Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.

Louisa May Alcott

#3. ... we're twins, and so we love each other more than other people ...

Louisa May Alcott

#4. Mrs. Jo did not mean the measles, but that more serious malady called love, which is apt to ravage communities, spring and autumn, when winter gayety and summer idleness produce whole bouquets of engagements, and set young people to pairing off like the birds.

Louisa May Alcott

#5. Nd I shall think her very mean indeed if she does not give me some of her gloves, for she has many of them, I've seen them myself ... and as you can see, I took the hint ... but not much love went into THAT package did it, my dear?

Louisa May Alcott

#6. Don't take it away! It's only a fancy, but a man must love something ...

Louisa May Alcott

#7. ... I wanted to show that the mother was the heroine as soon as possible. I'm tired of love-sick girls and runaway wives. We'll prove that there's romance in old women also.

Louisa May Alcott

#8. She would make a man of me. She puts strength and courage into me as no one else can. She is unlike any girl I ever saw; there's no sentimentality about her; she is wise, and kind, and sweet. She says what she means, looks you straight in the eye, and is as true as steel.

Louisa May Alcott

#9. Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, - that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it.

Louisa May Alcott

#10. Love should not make us blind to faults, nor familiarity make us too ready to blame the shortcomings we see.

Louisa May Alcott

#11. ... Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any way.

Louisa May Alcott

#12. I thought of all the summer evenings I'd spent sitting in the chairs under the trees beside the trailer, reading books that helped me escape Creek View, at least for a little while. Magical kingdoms, Russian love triangles, and the March sisters couldn't have been further away from the trailer park.

Heather Demetrios

#13. ... she'll go and fall in love, and there's an end of peace and fun, and cozy times together.

Louisa May Alcott

#14. It wasn't until I was an adult reader that I began to fathom the influence of fairy tales on writers I was in love with over the years, from Louisa May Alcott to Bernard Malamud to John Cheever to Anne Frank to Joy Williams.

Kate Bernheimer

#15. Louisa May Alcott is right. An extraordinary girl can't have an ordinary life. Don't judge yourself. Love yourself.

Caroline Kepnes

#16. I'm tired of praise; and love is very sweet, when it is simple and sincere like this.

Louisa May Alcott