Poor dull Concord. Nothing colorful has come through here since the Redcoats.

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

It is never too early to try and plant [good principles] in a child, and never too late to cultivate them in the most neglected person.

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

So she doesn't call desertion, poverty, and hard work troubles? She's a brave little girl, and I shall be proud to know her.

{Mrs. March to Jo} You are too much alike and too fond of freedom, not to mention hot tempers and strong wills, to get on happily together, in a relation which needs infinite patience and forbearance, as well as love.

Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and they sigh for more, and lose better things in struggling for them.