I resolved to take Fate by the throat and shake the living out of her.
Young things like you don't need any ornaments but those you wear to-night: youth, health, intelligence, and modesty.
Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.
Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius.
Wouldn't it be fun if all the castles in the air which we make could come true and we could live in them?
To be strong, and beautiful, and go round making music all the time. Yes, she could do that, and with a very earnest prayer Polly asked for the strength of an upright soul, the beauty of a tender hear...
To be loved and chosen by a good man is the best and sweetest thing which can happen to a woman.
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.
Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost.
Ought they to smoke like that?
Oh, Jo, can't you? Teddy, dear, I wish I could!
Nicely, thank you, Mr. Laurence. But I am not Miss March, I'm only Jo, returned the young lady.I'm not Mr. Laurence, I'm only Laurie.Laurie Laurence, what an odd name.My first name is Theodore, but I...
Love should not make us blind to faults, nor familiarity make us too ready to blame the shortcomings we see.
It takes so little to make a child happy that it is a pity, in a world so full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.
I've been so bothered with my property, that I'm tired of it, and don't mean to save up any more, but give it away as I go along, and then nobody will envy me, or want to steal it, and I shan't be sus...
I haven't got any mother, you know.
I don't like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I'd rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.
I agree not to expect anything