Louisa May Alcottová citátov

„Nebojím sa búrok, pretože sa učím plachtiť na mojej lodi.“

—  Louisa May Alcottová

„Verný priateľ je silná obrana;
A ten, kto ho našiel, našiel poklad.“

—  Louisa May Alcottová

„I wish I had no heart, it aches so…“

—  Louisa May Alcott, kniha Little Women

Zdroj: Little Women

„Conceit spoils the finest genius.“

—  Louisa May Alcott, kniha Little Women

Zdroj: Little Women

„Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.“

—  Louisa May Alcott

As quoted in Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book (1923) by Elbert Hubbard, p. 62

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

—  Louisa May Alcott, kniha Little Women

Amy, in Ch. 44 : My Lord and Lady
Varianta: I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship.
Zdroj: Little Women (1868)

„Oh, Jo, how could you? Your one beauty.“

—  Louisa May Alcott, kniha Little Women

Zdroj: Little Women

„It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.“

—  Louisa May Alcott, Marjorie's Three Gifts

Zdroj: Marjorie's Three Gifts

„Human minds are more full of mysteries than any written book and more changeable than the cloud shapes in the air.“

—  Louisa May Alcott, The Abbot's Ghost: A Christmas Story

Zdroj: The Abbot's Ghost: A Christmas Story

„Let us be elegant or die!“

—  Louisa May Alcott, kniha Little Women

Varianta: ... but, dear me, let us be elegant or die.
Zdroj: Little Women

„Preserve your memories, keep them well, what you forget you can never retell.“

—  Louisa May Alcott

„The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.“

—  Louisa May Alcott

Varianta: The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely.

„She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain“

—  Louisa May Alcott, kniha Work: A Story of Experience

Varianta: She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
Zdroj: Work: A Story of Experience

„A faithful friend is a strong defense;
And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.“

—  Louisa May Alcott

„I mean that it is more natural for me to be wicked than virtuous, when I do a bad act, and I've done many, I never feel wither shame, remorse or fear, I sometimes wish it was not necessary as I don't like the trouble, but as for any moral sense of principle, I haven't a particle. Many people are like me as actions prove, but they are not so frank in owning it and insist on keeping up the humbug of virtue. You'll find that is true, Rose, when you know the world better.“

—  Louisa May Alcott, A Long Fatal Love Chase

A Long Fatal Love Chase (1866)

„Your father, Jo. He never loses patience, never doubts or complains, but always hopes, and works and waits so cheerfully that one is ashamed to do otherwise before him.“

—  Louisa May Alcott, kniha Little Women

Zdroj: Little Women

„I ask not for any crown
But that which all may win;
Nor try to conquer any world
Except the one within.“

—  Louisa May Alcott

„I like good strong words that mean something…“

—  Louisa May Alcott, kniha Little Women

Zdroj: Little Women

„I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.“

—  Louisa May Alcott, kniha Little Women

Zdroj: Little Women