For he had plenty of money and nothing to do, and Satan is proverbially fond of providing employment for full and idle hands. The poor fellow had temptations enough from without and from within, but h...
Blowzy head to her shoulder and kissing the wet cheek so tenderly that Jo cried even harder.
A love for good books was one of the best safeguards a man could have,
[She was] kept there in the sort of embrace a man gives to the dearest creature the world holds for him.
You do me proud, Captain. But, dear, I want to say one thing and then I'm done; for you don't need much advice of mine after my good man has spoken. I read somewhere that every inch of rope in the Bri...
When the writing fit came on, she gave herself up to it with entire abandon, and led a blissful life, unconscious of want, care, or bad weather, while she sat safe and happy in an imaginary world, ful...
We never are too old for this, my dear, because it is a play we are playing all the time in one way or another. Out burdens are here, our road is before us, and the longing for goodness and happiness...
We never are too old for this, my dear, because it is a play we are playing all the time in one way or another. Our burdens are here, our road is before us, and the longing for goodness and happiness...
To me, love isn't all. I must look up, not down, trust and honor with my whole heart, and find strenght and integrity to lean on
To be loved and chosen by a good man is the best and sweetest thing which can happen to a woman, and I sincerely hope my girls may know this beautiful experience.
Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
She was standing before a fine portrait of the old gentleman when the door opened again, and, without turning, she said decidedly, 'I'm sure now that I shouldn't be afraid of him, for he's got kind ey...
She was living in bad sociery; and, imaginary though it was, its influence affected her, for she was feeding heart and fancy on dangerous and unsubstantial food, and was fast brushing the innocent blo...
She never knew that Mr. Laurence opened his study door to hear the old-fashioned airs he liked. She never saw Laurie mount guard in the hall to warn the servants away. She never suspected that the exe...
Poor Buttercup was not in a very good mood; for she had been lately bereft of her calf, and mourned for the little thing most dismally. Just now she regarded all mankind as her enemies (and I do not b...
Nothing is impossible to a determined woman.
No, Mother, it is better as it is, and I’m glad Amy has learned to love him. But you are right in one thing. I am lonely, and perhaps if Teddy had tried again, I might have said ‘Yes,’ not because I l...
Many men can be what the world calls great: very few men are what God calls good.
Love will make you show your heart someday...
Laurie, you're an angel! How shall I ever thank you?Fly at me again. I rather liked it, said Laurie, lookingmischievous, a thing he had not done for a fortnight.