Di wrestled with her knitting as if it were Fate, and she were paying off the grudge she owed
Chide me not, laborious band, For the idle flowers I brought: Every aster in my hand Goes home laden with a thought.
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By-and-by Jo roamed away upstairs, for it was rainy, and she could not walk. A restless spirit possessed her, and the old feeling came again, not bitter as it once was, but a sorrowfully patient wonde...
But young as she was, Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally, so though she believed she knew the cause of Beth’s new pain, she only said, in her t...
Beautiful souls often get put into plain bodies, but they cannot be hidden, and have a power all their own, the greater for the unconsciousness or the humility which gives it grace.
A kiss for a blow is always best, though it's not very easy to give it sometimes.
These hearts of ours are curious and contrary things, and time and nature work their will in spite of us.
The love, respect, and confidence of my children was the sweetest reward I could receive for my efforts to be the woman I would have them copy.
But, dear me, let us be elegant or die.
Tras las nubes siempre llega la luz.
To be beautiful, accomplished, and good. To be admired, loved, and respected. To have a happy youth, to be well and wisely married, and to lead useful, pleasant lives, with as little care and sorrow t...
Their best; get them out into the air; and cure their ills by the magnetism of more active,
The mixture of German and American spirit in them produces a constant state of effervescence.
Never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault,
Impertinent
He rumpled it up in the droll way he used to do, and Jo liked it rampantly erect better than flat, because
For the wise old man was universally beloved, and ministered so beautifully to his flock that many of them thanked him all their lives for the help given to both hearts and souls.
Boards, said Jo. We ought to rehearse tonight.
There is not much danger than real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is...