...for a girl with eyes like hers has a will and is not ruled by anyone but a lover.
Louisa May AlcottโฆI can't help seeing that you are very lonely, and sometimes there is a hungry look in your eyes that goes to my heart.
Louisa May AlcottJo's face was a study next day, for the secret rather weighed upon her, and she found it hard not to look mysterious and important. Meg observed it, but did not troubled herself to make inquiries, for she had learned that the best way to manage Jo was by the law of contraries, so she felt sure of being told everything if she did not ask.
Louisa May Alcott