Louisa May Alcottová citáty
Louisa May Alcottová
Dátum narodenia: 29. november 1832
Dátum úmrtia: 6. marec 1888
Ďalšie mená: Լուիզա Մեյ Օլքոթ
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„Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.“
— Louisa May Alcott, A Long Fatal Love Chase
Zdroj: A Long Fatal Love Chase
„Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow…“
— Louisa May Alcott, kniha Little Women
Zdroj: Little Women
„You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.“
— Louisa May Alcott, kniha Little Women
Zdroj: Little Women
„You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one.“
— Louisa May Alcott, kniha Little Women
Zdroj: Little Women
„Don't try to make me grow up before my time…“
— Louisa May Alcott, kniha Little Women
Zdroj: Little Women
„… for love casts out fear, and gratitude can conquer pride.“
— Louisa May Alcott, kniha Little Women
Zdroj: Little Women
„Love is a great beautifier.“
— Louisa May Alcott, kniha Little Women
Zdroj: Little Women (1868), Ch. 24 : Gossip
„Simple, sincere people seldom speak much of their piety. It shows itself in acts rather than in words, and has more influence than homilies or protestations.“
— Louisa May Alcott, kniha Little Women
Zdroj: Little Women (1868), Ch. 36 : Beth's Secret
Kontext: Simple, sincere people seldom speak much of their piety. It shows itself in acts rather than in words, and has more influence than homilies or protestations. Beth could not reason upon or explain the faith that gave her courage and patience to give up life, and cheerfully wait for death. Like a confiding child, she asked no questions, but left everything to God and nature, Father and Mother of us all, feeling sure that they, and they only, could teach and strengthen heart and spirit for this life and the life to come. She did not rebuke Jo with saintly speeches, only loved her better for her passionate affection, and clung more closely to the dear human love, from which our Father never means us to be weaned, but through which He draws us closer to Himself. She could not say, "I'm glad to go," for life was very sweet for her. She could only sob out, "I try to be willing," while she held fast to Jo, as the first bitter wave of this great sorrow broke over them together.
„I am angry nearly every day of my life, but I have learned not to show it; and I still try to hope not to feel it, though it may take me another forty years to do it.“
— Louisa May Alcott, kniha Little Women
Marmee March to Jo, in Ch. 8 : Jo Meets Apollyon
Little Women (1868)
Kontext: You think your temper is the worst in the world, but mine used to be just like it. … I've been trying to cure it for forty years, and have only succeeded in controlling it. I am angry nearly every day of my life, but I have learned not to show it; and I still try to hope not to feel it, though it may take me another forty years to do it. … I've learned to check the hasty words that rise to my lips, and when I feel that they mean to break out against my will, I just go away for a minute, and give myself a little shake for being so weak and wicked.
„When women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do.“
— Louisa May Alcott, kniha Little Women
Zdroj: Little Women (1868), Ch. 41 : Learning To Forget
Kontext: When women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do. Then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it. If it fails, they generously give her the whole.
