Frases célebres de Louisa May Alcott
Original: «Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling».
Fuente: Alcott, Louisa May. An Old-fashioned Girl. Editorial Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1873. p. 218.
Fuente: An Old-fashioned Girl, capítulo:13 : The Sunny Side.
Louisa May Alcott Frases y Citas
“El debate es masculino; la conversación es femenina.”
Fuente: Israel, Ricardo. El libro de las verdades. Citas citables. Editorial RIL Editores, 2011. p. 134.
Little Women
Little Women
Original: «Phebe and I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us».
Fuente: Alcott, Louisa May. Delphi Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated). Editorial Delphi Classics, 2013. ISBN 9781908909220.
Fuente: Rose in Bloom (1876), capítulo 1 : Coming Home.
“Es un buen libro aquel que se abre con expectación y se cierra con provecho.”
Fuente: Ortega Blake, Arturo. El gran libro de las frases célebres. Editorial Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial México, 2013. ISBN 978-60-73116-31-2.
Little Women
Original: «The child has talent, loves music, and needs help. I can't give her money, but I can teach her; so I do, and she is the most promising pupil I have. Help one another, is part of the religion of our sisterhood, Fan».
Fuente: Alcott, Louisa May. An Old-fashioned Girl. Editorial Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1873. p. 224.
Fuente: An Old-fashioned Girl, capítulo:13 : The Sunny Side.
Louisa May Alcott: Frases en inglés
“Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.”
Variante: Some stories are so familiar its like going home.
“life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.”
Fuente: Little Women
“Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally…”
Fuente: Little Women
“I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands."
"They're not empty now.”
Fuente: Little Women
“I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me…”
Fuente: Little Women
“The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.”
Fuente: Little Women
“…she'll go and fall in love, and there's an end of peace and fun, and cozy times together.”
Fuente: Little Women
“…we're twins, and so we love each other more than other people…”
Fuente: Little Men
“…the violin — that most human of all instruments…”
Fuente: Jo's Boys
“We'll all grow up Meg, no pretending we won't.”
Fuente: Little Women
Variante: I want to do something splendid... something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm dead. I don't know what, but I'm on the watch for it and mean to astonish you all someday.
Fuente: Little Women