Ah, but it wasn't all right, and Jo did mind, for while the curly head lay on her arm a minute after her hard answer, she felt as if she had stabbed her dearest friend, and when he left her without a...
Ah, Jo, instead of wishing that, thank God that 'Father and Mother were particular', and pity from your heart those who have no such guardians to hedge them round with principles which may seem like p...
Unlocking the treasuries of real home love and mutual helpfulness, which the poorest may possess, and the richest cannot buy.
And best of all, the wilderness of books, in which she could wander, where she liked, made the library a region of bliss to her.
Though the antique Luxembourg Gardens suit me better.
Operatic tragedy began.
Hurry.
He came for her sake alone.
Don't think I have any words in which to tell the meeting of the mother and daughters.
There are many Beth's in the world, who and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully, that no one sees the sacrifices till the little cricket on the hearth stops chir...
My child, the troubles and temptations of your life are beginning and may be many, but you can overcome and outlive them all if you learn to feel the strength and tenderness of your Heavenly Father as...
I'm here, hold on to me, Jo, dear! - Laurie
I suspect that the real attraction was a large library of fine books, which was left to dust and spiders since Uncle March died.
I seldom ask questions of men, as they are not fond of gossip.
I don't like to doze by the fire. I like adventures, and I'm going to find some.
I do think that families are the most beautiful things in all the world!
He was not a perfect child, by any means, but his faults were of the better sort; and being early taught the secret of self-control, he was not left at the mercy of appetites and passions, as some poo...
Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace. Hope and keep busy, and whatever happens, remember that you never can be fatherless.
Education is not confined to books, and the finest characters often graduate from no college, but make experience their master, and life their book. [Some care] only for the mental culture, and [are]...
Do you think Meg cares for him? asked Mrs. March, with an anxious look.Mercy me! I don't know anything about love and such nonsense! cried Jo, with a funny mixture of interest and contempt. In novels,...