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A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure.
Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.
…she'll go and fall in love, and there's an end of peace and fun, and cozy times together.
He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands." "They're not empty now.
I will make a battering-ram of my head and make my way through this rough and tumble world.
Laurie felt just then that his heart was entirely broken and the world a howling wilderness.
Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.
Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.
Power is a dangerous thing. Be careful that you don't abuse it or let it make a tyrant of you.
But many of the bravest never are known, and get no praise. That does not lessen their beauty.
I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.
The young people were playing that still more absorbing game in which hearts are always trumps.
Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants.
No love or pity, pardon or excuse should soften the sharp pang of reparation for the guilty man.
A time will come when you will find that in gaining a brief joy you have lost your peace forever.
It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.
Madam de Stael pronounced architecture to be frozen music; so is statuary crystalized spirituality.
I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.
…Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any way.
…to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.
I for one don't want to be ranked among idiots, felons, and minors any longer, for I am none of them.
…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.
I never knew how much like heaven this world could be, when two people love and live for one another!
... because I have fallen in love with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man.
The fear of being an old maid made young girls rush into matrimony with a recklessness that astonishes.
I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all.
I ask not for any crown But that which all may win; Nor try to conquer any world Except the one within.
[She was] kept there in the sort of embrace a man gives to the dearest creature the world holds for him.
If I didn't care about doing right and didn't feel uncomfortable doing wrong, I should get on capitally.
My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.
Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.
Wouldn't it be fun if all the castles in the air which we make could come true and we could live in them?
Right Jo better be happy old maids than unhappy wives or unmaidenly girls running about to find husbands.
Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can
We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want.
All the worse for the undeniable talent which hides the evil so subtly and makes the danger so delightful.
Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.
Now and then genius carries all before it, but not often. We have to climb slowly, with many slips and falls.
I went [to war] because I couldn't help it. I didn't want the glory or the pay; I wanted the right thing done.
politics were as bad as mathematics, and that the mission of politicians seemed to be calling each other names
He was the first, the only love her life, and in a nature like hers such passions take deep root and die-hard.
…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst.
Human minds are more full of mysteries than any written book and more changeable than the cloud shapes in the air.
A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.
Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.
It is my opinion that this day will never come to an end," said Prince, with a yawn that nearly rent him assunder.
You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.
But, Polly, a principle that can't bear being laughed at, frowned on, and cold-shouldered, isn't worthy of the name.
So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped.