“I love my gallant captain with all my heart and soul and might, and never will desert him, while God lets us be together.”

— Louisa May Alcott, Little Women (1868), Ch. 42 : All Alone

About Louisa May Alcott

1832 – 1888

American novelist, author of "Little Women".

“Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.”

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

“I can't give her money, but I can teach her; so I do, and she is the most promising pupil I have.”

“Love and what generates it. Rebellion and what creates it. Liberty and what nourishes it. Three manifestations of God.”

“They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.”

“If you are penitent, you love. And if you love you are of God. All things are atoned for, all things are saved by love.”

“But it has always happened that the more I detest men individually the more ardent becomes my love for humanity.”

“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be.”

“Yet I argue not against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate one jot of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer right onward.”