For no matter how lost and soiled and worn-out wandering sons may be, mothers can forgive and forget every thing as they fold them into their fostering arms. Happy the son whose faith in his mother remains unchanged, and who, through all his wanderings, has kept some filial token to repay her brave and tender love.


Little Women ; Little Men ; Jo's Boys (ed. Library of America, 2005) - ISBN: 9781931082730

Louisa May Alcott Quotes

For no matter how lost and soiled and worn-out wandering sons may be, mothers can forgive and forget every thing as they fold them into their...

For no matter how lost and soiled and worn-out wandering sons may be, mothers can forgive and forget every thing as they fold them into their...

For no matter how lost and soiled and worn-out wandering sons may be, mothers can forgive and forget every thing as they fold them into their...

For no matter how lost and soiled and worn-out wandering sons may be, mothers can forgive and forget every thing as they fold them into their...