Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.

I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good, and help me through the day.

I love my liberty too well to be in a hurry to give it up for any mortal man.

…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst.

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

We'll all grow up someday, Meg, we might as well know what we want. ~Amy March~

Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, — that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it.