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

We're twins, and so we love each other more than other people.

[Jo to her mother] I knew there was mischief brewing. I felt it and now it's worse than I imagined. I just wish I could marry Meg myself, and keep her safe in the family.

…proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.

I put in my list all the busy, useful independent spinsters I know, for liberty is a better husband than love to many of us.

Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally.

I don't worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.