“She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.”

— Louisa May Alcott, Little Women (1868), Ch. 34 : Friend

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.”

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”

“It is unlikely that the good of a snail should reside in its shell: so is it likely that the good of a man should?”

“In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught; but in life there are many things to draw us aside.”

“If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces.”

“That which makes the man no worse than he was makes his life no worse: it has no power to harm, without or within.”

“Always take the short cut; and that is the rational one. Therefore say and do everything according to soundest reason.”