Be worthy love, and love will come.

Young men often laugh at the sensible girls whom they secretly respect, and affect to admire the silly ones whom they secretly despise, because earnestness, intelligence, and womanly dignity are not the fashion.

Meg's high-heeled slippers were dreadfully tight, and hurt her, though she would not own it; and Jo's nineteen hair-pins all seemed stuck straight into her head, which was not exactly comfortable; but, dear me, let us be elegant or die.

Now and then, in this workaday world, things do happen in the delightful storybook fashion, and what a comfort that is.

I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it's good for me.

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

The rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting.