O vanity, mislead no more!

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

Resolved to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her.

The patience and the humility of the face she loved so well was a better lesson to Jo than the wisest lecture, the sharpest reproof.

Jo's face was a study next day, for the secret rather weighed upon her, and she found it hard not to look mysterious and important. Meg observed it, but did not troubled herself to make inquiries, for she had learned that the best way to manage Jo was by the law of contraries, so she felt sure of being told everything if she did not ask.

Well, if I can't be happy, I can be useful, perhaps.

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