Quote#Happiness
Back to him she would never go, but in her lonely life still lived…
Quote byLouisa May Alcott · 1832–1888
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Long Fatal Love Chase (1866), From the Chapter, 'The Chase Begins,' p.96.
English (original)
Back to him she would never go, but in her lonely life still lived the sweet memory of that happy time when she believed in him and he was all in all to her.
— Louisa May Alcott
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