Six weeks is a long time to wait, and a still longer time for a girl to keep a secret…
So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped.
Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow…
That was all I wanted! whispered Polly, in a tone which caused him to feel that the race of angels was not entirely extinct.
The emerging woman ... will be strong-minded, strong-hearted, strong-souled, and strong-bodied...strength and beauty must go together.
The story of his downfall is soon told; for it came, as so often happens, just when he felt unusually full of high hopes, good resolutions, and dreams of a better life.
The youngest, aged twelve, could not conceal her disappointment, and turned away, feeling as so many of us have felt when we discover that our idols are very extraordinary men and women.
Tired of my own company, I suppose, now I've seen so much better.
We don't choose our talents, but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want.
We live in a beautiful and wonderful world, Demi, and the more you now about it the wiser and the better you will be.
When we make little sacrifices we like to have them appreciated, at least…
Women work a good many miracles…
Young people seldom turn out as one predicts, so it is of little use to expect anything,' said Mrs. Meg with a sigh. 'If our children are good and useful men and women, we should be satisfied; yet it'...
Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.
Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.
Such hours are beautiful to live, but very hard to describe…
…I can't help seeing that you are very lonely, and sometimes there is a hungry look in your eyes that goes to my heart.
…I wanted to show that the mother was the heroine as soon as possible. I'm tired of love-sick girls and runaway wives. We'll prove that there's romance in old women also.
…I'm always ready to talk, shouldn't be a woman if I were not,' laughed Mrs. Jo…
…Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any way.
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