“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
~ Amy, Little Women, Chapter 44
“I like good strong words that mean something…”
~ Jo, Chapter 4
“I want to do something splendid before I go into my castle—something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead.”
~ Jo, Chapter 13
“The humblest tasks get beautified if loving hands do them.”
~ Amy, Chapter 34
“Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 8
“Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I’ve a right to be hurt, I don’t intend to show it.”
~ Amy, Chapter 8
“Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 15
“Let us be elegant or die!”
~ Amy, Chapter 9
“Work is wholesome, and there is plenty for everyone; it keeps us from ennui and mischief, is good for health and spirits, and gives us a sense of power and independence.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 10
“Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.”
~ Beth, Chapter 40
“Simple, sincere people seldom speak much of their piety, it shows itself in acts rather than in words, and has more influence than homilies or protestations.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 4
“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”
~ Amy, Chapter 44
“Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 4
“Don’t try to make me grow up before my time…”
~ Amy, Chapter 7
“I’d rather take coffee than compliments just now.”
~ Amy, Chapter 22
“We all have our temptations, some far greater than yours, and it often takes all our strength to wrestle with them.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 8
“But a loving heart was better and stronger than wisdom, and that you should never be afraid to err, if erring led to a humble and a kind deed.”
~ Beth, Chapter 40
“You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius.”
~ Laurie, Chapter 36
“There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 10
“Money is a needful and precious thing—and, when well used, a noble thing—but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 9
“Learn to know and value the praise which is worth having, and to excite the admiration of excellent people by being modest as well as pretty.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 9
“I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it’s good for me…”
~ Jo, Chapter 15
“My dear, don’t let the sun go down upon your anger. Forgive each other, help each other, and begin again tomorrow.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 15
“It’s amazing how lovely common things become, if one only knows how to look at them.”
~ Marie, Chapter 24
“Be worthy love, and love will come.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 12
“Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow…”
~ Beth, Chapter 15
“You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one, if he’s the right one.”
~ Amy, Chapter 34
“People always do crazy things when they’re in love.”
~ Meg, Chapter 22
“It takes two flints to make a fire.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 4
“A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes…”
~ Narrator about Jo, Chapter 3
“I like good strong words that mean something…”
~ Jo, Chapter 4
“A happy soul in a healthy body makes the best sort of beauty for man or woman.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 4
“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning to sail my ship.”
~ Amy, Chapter 44
“The world is full of disagreeable things that can’t be helped, so if we make up our minds to be contented, we can have lots of fun, even in spite of them.”
~ Jo, Chapter 21
“I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them.”
~ Jo, Chapter 13
“If we are all alive ten years hence, let’s meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now.”
~ Jo, Chapter 13
“I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.”
~ Jo, Chapter 13
“It’s astonishing how much good it does me to see you all round me, incessantly happy and busy.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 21
“Try not to be worried, for it only makes things harder.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 21
“To be loved and chosen by a good man is the best and sweetest thing which can happen to a woman.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 34
“We all have our best guides within us, if only we would listen.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 34
“I do think that families are the most beautiful things in all the world!”
~ Jo, Chapter 1
“Jo was a book in breeches.”
~ Narrator, Chapter 1
“Meg’s high-heeled slippers were very tight and hurt her, though she would not admit it till afterward.”
~ Narrator, Chapter 3
“Life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 34
“Little children should never be sent to bed. They always wake up a day older.”
~ Mr. Laurence, Chapter 16
“An old fashioned Christmas is just the thing to warm our hearts and help us to remember the truest and most beautiful things.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 2
“Learn the luxury of doing good.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 22
“Don’t shut yourself up in a bandbox because you are a woman, but understand what is going on, and educate yourself to take your part in the world’s work.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 34
“Let us be elegant or die!”
~ Amy, Chapter 9
“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.”
~ Amy, Chapter 44
“Money is a needful and precious thing—and, when well used, a noble thing—but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 9
“Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 4
“Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 8
“I like good strong words that mean something…”
~ Jo, Chapter 4
“Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.”
~ Beth, Chapter 40
“My dear, don’t let the sun go down upon your anger. Forgive each other, help each other, and begin again tomorrow.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 15
“Simple, sincere people seldom speak much of their piety, it shows itself in acts rather than in words, and has more influence than homilies or protestations.”
~ Mrs. March, Chapter 4
“Work is wholesome, and there is plenty for everyone; it keeps us from ennui and mischief, is good for health and spirits, and gives us a sense of power and independence.”