Laurie felt just then that his heart was entirely broken and the world a howling wilderness.

If I didn't care about doing right and didn't feel uncomfortable doing wrong, I should get on capitally.

Work is and always has been my salvation and I thank the Lord for it.

…because talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.

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.

The female population exceeds the male, you know, especially in New England, which accounts for the high state of culture we are in, perhaps.

Jo's eyes sparkled, for it's always pleasant to be believed in; and a friend's praise is always sweeter than a dozen newspaper puffs.