Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.
More Quotes from Louisa May Alcott:
He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an American--a combination which caused sundry pairs of feminine eyes to look approvingly after him, and sundry dandies in black velvet suits, with rose-colored neckties, buff gloves, and orange flowers in their buttonholes, to shrug their shoulders, and then envy him his inches.Louisa May Alcott
Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.
Louisa May Alcott
Smile on us as we come,
Your grief has been our punishment,
Your love has led us home.
Louisa May Alcott
O lesson well and wisely taught
Stay with me to the last,
That all my life may better be
For the trial that is past.
Louisa May Alcott
Life is my college. May I graduate well, and earn some honors.
Louisa May Alcott
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
Louisa May Alcott
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