Louisa May Alcott · 356 pages
Rating: (5.1K votes)
“Wild roses are fairest, and nature a better gardener than art.”
― Louisa May Alcott, quote from A Long Fatal Love Chase
“He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.”
― Louisa May Alcott, quote from A Long Fatal Love Chase
“...for a girl with eyes like hers has a will and is not ruled by anyone but a lover.”
― Louisa May Alcott, quote from A Long Fatal Love Chase
“A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.”
― Louisa May Alcott, quote from A Long Fatal Love Chase
“Her beauty satisfied [his] artistic eye, her peculiarities piqued his curiosity, her vivacity lightened his ennui, and her character interested him by the unconscious hints it gave of power, pride and passion. So entirely natural and unconventional was she that he soon found himself on a familiar footing, asking all manner of unusual questions, and receiving rather piquant replies.”
― Louisa May Alcott, quote from A Long Fatal Love Chase
“My only answer is, if my grave stood open on one side and you upon the other I'd go into my grave before I would take one step to meet you.”
― Louisa May Alcott, quote from A Long Fatal Love Chase
“There is very little real liberty in the world; even those who seem freest are often the most tightly bound. Law, custom, public opinion, fear or shame make slaves of us all, as you will find when you try your experiment," said Tempest with a bitter smile.
Law and custom I know nothing of, public opinion I despise, and shame and fear I defy, for everyone has a right to be happy in their own way.”
― Louisa May Alcott, quote from A Long Fatal Love Chase
“...and the most intense desire gave force to her passionate words as the girl glanced despairingly about the dreary room like a caged creature on the point of breaking loose.”
― Louisa May Alcott, quote from A Long Fatal Love Chase
“Back to him she would never go, but in her lonely life still lived the sweet memory of that happy time when she believed in him and he was all in all to her.”
― Louisa May Alcott, quote from A Long Fatal Love Chase
“He looked at her an instant, for the effect of the graceful girlish figure with pale, passionate face and dark eyes full of sorrow, pride and resolution was wonderfully enhanced by the gloom of the great room, and glimpses of a gathering storm in the red autumn sky.”
― Louisa May Alcott, quote from A Long Fatal Love Chase
“Better destroy the body than the soul.'" ~Rosamond”
― Louisa May Alcott, quote from A Long Fatal Love Chase
“A fit queen for that nest of roses was the human flower that adorned it, for a year of love and luxury had ripened her youthful beauty into a perfect bloom. Graceful by nature, art had little to do for her, and, with a woman’s aptitude, she had acquired the polish which society alone can give. Frank and artless as ever, yet less free in speech, less demonstrative in act; full of power and passion, yet still half unconscious of her gifts; beautiful with the beauty that wins the heart as well as satisfies the eye, yet unmarred by vanity or affectation. She now showed fair promise of becoming all that a deep and tender heart, an ardent soul and a gracious nature could make her, once life had tamed and taught her more.”
― Louisa May Alcott, quote from A Long Fatal Love Chase
“Ah, if I could only feel assured that it was right and not a blind impulse of a weak woman's heart!'" ~Rosamond”
― Louisa May Alcott, quote from A Long Fatal Love Chase
“You love him still and struggle against your love, feeling that it will undo you. He knows this and he will tempt you by every lure he can devise, every deceit he can employ. Sorrow and sin will surely follow if you yield; happiness never can be yours with him; doubt, remorse and self-reproach will kill love, and a time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever. Oh, Agatha, be warned in time, do not listen to your own weak heart but to the conscience that nothing can bribe or silence.”
― Louisa May Alcott, quote from A Long Fatal Love Chase
Louisa May Alcott
Born place: in Germantown, Pennsylvania, The United States
Born date November 29, 1832
See more on GoodReads
“The world owes its enchantment to these curious creatures and their fancies; but its multiple complicity rejects them. Thistledown spirits, tragic, heartrending in their evanescence, they must go blowing headlong to perdition.”
― Jean Cocteau, quote from The Holy Terrors
“Wealth is created when we use existing resources in new ways. Since such creativity is virtually limitless, wealth is too.”
― Mary J. Ruwart, quote from Healing Our World: In an Age of Aggression
“There is only one place to find real peace, real harmony. That place is within,”
― Keith Ferrazzi, quote from Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
“Lillian lifted the cake pans from the oven and rested them on metal racks on the counter. The layers rose level and smooth from the pans; the scent, tinged with vanilla, traveled across the room in soft, heavy waves, filling the space with whispers of other kitchens, other loves. The students food themselves leaning forward in their chairs to greet the smells and the memories that came with them. Breakfast cake baking on a snow day off from school, all the world on holiday. The sound of cookie sheets clanging against the metal oven racks. The bakery that was the reason to get up on cold, dark mornings; a croissant placed warm in a young woman's hand on her way to the job she never meant to have. Christmas, Valentine's, birthdays, flowing together, one cake after another, lit by eyes bright with love.”
― Erica Bauermeister, quote from The School of Essential Ingredients
“They passed, leaving a trail of foxfire shuffled up out of the wet leaves like stars plowed in a ship's wake.”
― Cormac McCarthy, quote from The Orchard Keeper
The Rape of Nanking
52 Reasons to Hate M...
Trust: Pandora's Box
The Way of Kings, Pa...
April 1865: The Mont...
StingerBookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.
We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.
Founded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people who share an affinity for books. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world; conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. We feel that we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters; we read books cover-to-cover but offer you some of the highlights. We hope you’ll join us.
