“I'm afraid I couldn't like him without a spice of human naughtiness.”

“Better lose your life than your soul…”

“Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.”

“…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.”

“such hours are beautiful to live, but very hard to describe…”

“It takes so little to make a child happy, that it is a pity in a world full of sunshine and pleasant things, that there should be any wistful faces, empty hands, or lonely little hearts.”

“Now and then, in this workaday world, things do happen in the delightful storybook fashion, and what a comfort that is.”

“I hate ordinary people!”

“…on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries.”

“…books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. Jo made a bee-line to the well-laden shelves, which were the joy of her heart and the comfort of her life.”

“…books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. Jo made a bee-line to the well-laden shelves, which were the joy of her heart and the comfort of her life.”

“Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants…”

“We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want.”

“Go on with your work as usual, for work is a blessed solace.”

“But, like all happiness, it did not last long…”

“…Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any way.”

“It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.”

“When we make little sacrifices we like to have them appreciated, at least…”

“Love covers a multitude of sins…”

“Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.”

“…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties.”

“…we're twins, and so we love each other more than other people…”

“…the violin — that most human of all instruments…”

“…she'll go and fall in love, and there's an end of peace and fun, and cozy times together.”