Persuasive influences are better than any amount of moralizing.

The fear of being an old maid made young girls rush into matrimony with a recklessness that astonishes.

John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!

To me, love isn't all. I must look up, not down, trust and honor with my whole heart, and find strenght and integrity to lean on

Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a right to be hurt, I don't intend to show it. (Amy March)

Happy is the son whose faith in his mother remains unchallenged.

You are like a chestnut burr, prickly outside, but silky-soft within, and a sweet kernel, if one can only get at it. Love will make you show your heart some day, and then the rough burr will fall off.