Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling.

I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I'm not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.

Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is the genuine satisfaction which comes from hearty work of head or hand, and to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.

We'll all grow up someday, Meg, we might as well know what we want. ~Amy March~

The dirt is picturesque, so I don't mind.

I could have been a great many things.

Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.