Jo S Boys Quotes & Sayings

... having learned that people cannot be moulded like clay ... — Louisa May Alcott

... a woman's always safe and comfortable when a fellow's down on his luck. — Louisa May Alcott

Tired of my own company, I suppose, now I've seen so much better. — Louisa May Alcott

Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts. — Louisa May Alcott

On, I don't think I'm a genius!' cried Josie, growing calm and sober as she listened to the melodious voice and looked into the expressive face that filled her with confidence, so strong, sincere and kindly was it. 'I only want to find out if I have talent enough to go on, and after years of study be able to act well in any of the good plays people never tire of seeing. I don't expected to be a Mrs. Siddons or a Miss Cameron, much as I long to be; but it does seem as if I had something in me which can't come out in any way but this. When I act I'm perfectly happy. I seem to live, to be in my own world, and each new part is a new friend. I love Shakespeare, and am never tired of his splendid people. Of course I don't understand it all; but it's like being alone at night with the mountains and the stars, solemn and grand, and I try to imagine how it will look when the sun comes up, and all is glorious and clear to me. I can't see, but I feel the beauty, and long to express it. — Louisa May Alcott

It's lovely to see people so happy. — Louisa May Alcott

I can get on with wild beasts first-rate; but men rile me awfully ... — Louisa May Alcott

... proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone. — Louisa May Alcott

Don't take it away! It's only a fancy, but a man must love something ... — Louisa May Alcott

The youngest, aged twelve, could not conceal her disappointment, and turned away, feeling as so many of us have felt when we discover that our idols are very extraordinary men and women. — Louisa May Alcott

Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost. — Louisa May Alcott

Even Billy Andrews' boy is going - and Jane's only son - and Diana's little Jack," said Mrs. Blythe. "Priscilla's son has gone from Japan and Stella's from Vancouver - and both the Rev. Jo's boys. Philippa writes that her boys 'went right away, not being afflicted with her indecision. — L.M. Montgomery

When Jo's conservative sister Meg says she must turn up her hair now that she is a "young lady," Jo shouts, "I'm not! and if turning up my hair makes me one, I'll wear it in two tails till I'm twenty ... I hate to think I've got to grow up, and be Miss March, and wear long gowns, and look as prim as a China aster! It's bad enough to be a girl anyway, when I like boys' games and work and manners! I can't get over my disappointment in not being a boy; and it's worse than ever now, for I'm dying to go and fight with Papa, and I can only stay at home and knit, like a poky old woman. — Louisa May Alcott

If every one agreed, we should never get on. — Louisa May Alcott

... had an hour of silent agony that aged him more than years of happy life could have done. — Louisa May Alcott

Perhaps it would have been better if he had killed me; my life is spoilt. — Louisa May Alcott

I think this power of living in our children is one of the sweetest things in the world ... — Louisa May Alcott

... thirst is harder to bear than hunger, heat, or cold. — Louisa May Alcott

... it is so much better to work for others than for one's self alone. — Louisa May Alcott

... the violin - that most human of all instruments ... — Louisa May Alcott

... she never had what she wanted till she had given up hoping for,' said Mrs. Meg. — Louisa May Alcott

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

Oh dear, life is pretty tough sometimes, isn't it? — Louisa May Alcott

... that's what old people are here for, - else their experience is of little use. — Louisa May Alcott

If all literary women had such thoughtful angels for husbands, they would live longer and write more. Perhaps that wouldn't be such a blessing to the world though, as most of us write too much now,' said Mrs. Jo ... — Louisa May Alcott

... courage and devotion always stir generous hearts, and win admiration ... — Louisa May Alcott

Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic. — Louisa May Alcott

Don't suggest that we are growing old, my Lord. We have only bloomed; and a very nice bouquet we make with our buds about us,' answered Mrs. Amy, shaking out the folds of her rosy muslin with much the air of dainty satisfaction the girl used to show in a new dress.
Not to mention our thorns and dead leaves,' added Jo, with a sigh; for life had never been very easy to her, and even now she had her troubles both within and without. — Louisa May Alcott

... I'm always ready to talk, shouldn't be a woman if I were not,' laughed Mrs. Jo ... — Louisa May Alcott

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

... for action is always easier than quiet waiting. — Louisa May Alcott

Young people seldom turn out as one predicts, so it is of little use to expect anything,' said Mrs. Meg with a sigh. 'If our children are good and useful men and women, we should be satisfied; yet it's very natural to wish them to be brilliant and successful. — Louisa May Alcott

... growing pale and sober with the thought that her fate was soon to be decided; for, like all young people, she was sure that her whole life could be settled by one human creature, quite forgetting how wonderfully Providence trains us by disappointment, surprises us with unexpected success, and turns our seeming trials into blessing. — Louisa May Alcott

... what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst. — Louisa May Alcott

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

Under the dolls were books, a dozen or so, that her mother must have grabbed at random; she wouldn't have known which were Eleanor's favorites. Eleanor was glad to see Garp and Watership Down. It sucked that Oliver's Story had made the cut, but Love Story hadn't. And Little Men was there, but not Little Women or Jo's Boys. — Rainbow Rowell

It is a merciful provision my dears, for it takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world. You are costly creatures, boys, and it is well that mothers, sisters, wives, and daughters love their duty and do it so well, or you would perish off the face of the earth,' said Mrs. Jo solemnly ... — Louisa May Alcott

... 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

Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you. — Louisa May Alcott

... misfortune was much more interesting to her than good luck. — Louisa May Alcott

I'm tired of praise; and love is very sweet, when it is simple and sincere like this. — Louisa May Alcott

... she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children. — Louisa May Alcott

And mother-like, Mrs. Jo forgot the threatened chastisement in tender lamentations over the happy scapegrace ... — Louisa May Alcott

We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want. — Louisa May Alcott

Love should not make us blind to faults, nor familiarity make us too ready to blame the shortcomings we see. — Louisa May Alcott

... books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. Jo made a bee-line to the well-laden shelves, which were the joy of her heart and the comfort of her life. — Louisa May Alcott

The barking hounds ran in and out of the creek, making slapping waves, turning the Georgia earth to mud under the longleaf pines. With the dogs at play, they were, for a lovely short time, naive boys on a glorious summer's day, lost in clamorous youth. — Jo-Ann Costa

I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods. — Louisa May Alcott

... for it is a very solemn thing to be arrested in the midst of busy life by the possibility of the great change. — Louisa May Alcott

The story of his downfall is soon told; for it came, as so often happens, just when he felt unusually full of high hopes, good resolutions, and dreams of a better life. — Louisa May Alcott

... he stood behind her, tall and pale, like the ghost of his former self ... — Louisa May Alcott

In addition to Linda and me, there's a brother, a strange little guy named Bradley, obsessed with his own cowboy boots. He paces areound and around the house, staring at his feet and humming the G. I. Joe song from the television commmercial. He is the ringleader of a neighborhood gang of tiny boys, four-year olds, who throw dirt and beat each other with sticks all day long. In the evenings he comes to dinner with an imaginnary friend named Charcoal.
'Charcoal really needs a bath', my mother says, spooning Spaghettios onto his plate. His hands are perfectly clean right up to the wrists and the center of his face is cleared so we can see what he looks like. The rest of him is dirt. — Jo Ann Beard