Louisa May Alcott

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

"Be good and you will be lonesome."

"I'd rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe."

"Love will make small cottages pleasant."

"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations."

"My greatest desire is to go where I am wanted."

"I am not afraid of anything, except fear itself."

"She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain."

"I wish I could confine all this scribblings in an inky bottle."

"Love alone is a beautiful thing, Jo, but there is something sweeter than that."

"It's nice to have accomplishments and be elegant, but not to show off."

"I think I shall enjoy hating you."

"I'm not afraid of the darkness as long as I have a candle."

"I found that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you."

"It is not poverty that is a curse, but discontent."

"The world is full of kinds of power, not just the power of warriors."

"I am angry nearly every day of my life."

"Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling."

"Don't you feel that it is pleasanter to help one another, to have daily duties which make leisure sweet?"

"I've always wanted to pluck a star from the sky and keep it."

"A quiet life is best—all I ask is to be let alone to write my books."

"It's nice to have accomplishments and be elegant, but not to show off or get perked up."

"I could not help laughing at the serious way in which she had given me her advice."

"I don't think I was meant for a fine lady."

"I must have my cupboard of trifles to be happy."

"The only morality in literature is that which arises naturally from the story itself."

"Help one another, is part of the religion of our sisterhood."

"I am not afraid of death, provided I have done my duty and can clear my conscience."

"Life is a great bundle of little things."

"The penalty of having great power is responsibility."