Emily Brown

0 ratings (0.0 avg)
0 reviews

Emily Brown

Add friend

Emily鈥檚 Bookshelves

read‎ (0)

currently-reading‎ (0)

to-read‎ (0)

Stats | More…

“Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is the genuine satisfaction which comes from hearty work of head or hand, and to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

tags: little-women

62 likes

“Simple, sincere people seldom speak much of their piety; it shows itself in acts rather than words, and has more influence than homilies or protestations.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

31 likes

“She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a wise man has defined it to be, 'truth, reverence, and good will,' then her friend Friedrich Bhaer was not only good, but great.”
― Louisa Alcott, Little Women

60 likes

“He was poor, yet always appeared to be giving something away; a stranger, yet everyone was his friend; no longer young, but as happy-hearted as a boy; plain and peculiar, yet his face looked beautiful to many.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

63 likes

“Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.

"It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.

"I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff.

"We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner.”
― Alcott Louisa May, Little Women

tags: best-beginnings

27 likes

More of Emily鈥檚 quotes鈥�