Louisa May Alcott November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women (1868) and its sequels Little Men (1871) and Jo’s Boys (1886).[1] Raised in New England by her transcendentalist parents, Abigail May and Amos Bronson Alcott, she grew up among many well-known intellectuals of the day, such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.[2]
If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write. — Martin Luther As a writer you try to listen to what others aren’t saying and write about the silence. — N.R. Hart Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself. — Franz Kafka To gain your own […]
My Favorite Writing Quotes
“Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.” — Thomas Carlyle, Scottish, philosopher, writer, essayist, historian, teacher
“Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.”
“It’s a little embarrassing that after 45 years of research & study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other.” — Aldous Huxley, author, writer, novelist, philosopher, English
“after 45 years of research & study, the best advice I can give people is…”
“Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson, American, writer, poet
“Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by…”
Flaxen Ephemera – D. Moorezart, c 2017 “So moments pass as though they wished to stay. We have not long to love. A night. A day….” ― Tennessee Williams, The Collected Poems
“moments pass as though they wished to stay”
AM Simpson 