…Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any way.

Love scenes, if genuine, are indescribable; for to those who have enacted them the most elaborate description seems tame, and to those who have not, the simplest picture seems overdone.

…in silence learned the sweet solace which affection administers to sorrow.

Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.

I don't think secrets agree with me, I feel rumpled up in mind since you told me that.

Woman work a great many miracles.

She fell into the moody, miserable state of mind which often comes when strong wills have to yield to the inevitable.