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

My book came out; and people began to think that topsy-turvy Louisa would amount to something after all.

I'm perfectly miserable; but if you consider me presentable, I die happy.

...and clung more closely to the dear human love, from which our Father never means us to be weaned, but through which He draws us closer to Himself.

She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.

They were enjoying the happy hour that seldom comes but once in any life, the magical moment which bestows youth on the old, beauty on the plain, wealth on the poor, and gives human hearts a foretaste of heaven.

I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.