…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties.
…a woman's always safe and comfortable when a fellow's down on his luck.
I'm tired of praise; and love is very sweet, when it is simple and sincere like this.
I was wondering how you and Amy get on together.
He who believes is strong he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions. He who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
I almost wish I hadn't any conscience, it's so inconvenient. If I didn't care about doing right, and didn't feel uncomfortable when doing wrong, I should get on capitally. I can't help wishing, someti...
…proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.
Suit
You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one.
What shall you do all your vacation?’, asked Amy. I shall lie abed and do nothing, replied Meg.
Tell them I think of them by day, pray for them by night, and find my best comfort in their affection at all times.
She would make a man of me. She puts strength and courage into me as no one else can. She is unlike any girl I ever saw; there’s no sentimentality about her; she is wise, and kind, and sweet. She says...
In her secret soul, however, she decided that politics were as bad as mathematics, and that the mission of politicians seemed to be calling each other names…
If every one agreed, we should never get on.
Every few weeks she would shut herself up in her room, put on her scribbling suit, and fall into a vortex as she expressed it, writing away at her novel with all her heart and soul, for till that was...
Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents,
Madam de Stael pronounced architecture to be frozen music so is statuary crystalized spirituality.
…and Aunt Jo retired, satisfied with the success of her last trap to catch a sunbeam.
For they were enjoying the happy hour that seldom comes but once in any life, the magical moment which bestows youth on the old, beauty on the plain, wealth on the poor, and gives human hearts a foret...
Persuasive influences are better than any amount of moralizing.