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

One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.

I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks; and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end. (Jo March)

Where's the use of looking nice, when no one sees me but those cross midgets, and no one cares whether I'm pretty or not?

Jo's ambition was to do something very splendid; what it was she had no idea, as yet, but left it for time to tell her.

Your father, Jo. He never loses patience, never doubts or complains, but always hopes, and works and waits so cheerfully that one is ashamed to do otherwise before him.

Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.