She won't wish us to give up everything.
Money cannot buy refinement of nature, that rank does not always confer nobility, and that true breeding makes itself felt in spite of external drawbacks. I
You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius.
You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
Wouldn't it be fun if all the castles in the air which we make could come true and we could live in them?
We don't choose our talents, but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want.
To be loved and chosen by a good man is the best and sweetest thing which can happen to a woman.
Love should not make us blind to faults, nor familiarity make us too ready to blame the shortcomings we see.
I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
Have regular hours for work and play, make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring fe...
"Stay" is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.
Young things like you don't need any ornaments but those you wear to-night: youth, health, intelligence, and modesty.
…to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.
…the little girls wore a grave, troubled expression, as if sorrow was a new experience to them.
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Dear me, let us be elegant or die.
Then it was that Jo, living in the darkened room, with that suffering little sister always before her eyes and that pathetic voice sounding in her ears, learned to see the beauty and the sweetness of...
The fun and fame do not last, while the memory of a real helper is kept green long after poetry is forgotten and music silent.
Thank goodness, I can always find something funny to keep me up.
Some days must be dark and sad and dreary.