…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties.

Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents," grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. "It's so dreadful to be poor!" sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress. "I don't think it's fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all," added little Amy, with an injured sniff. "We've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth contentedly from her corner.

... because I have fallen in love with so many pretty girls and never once the least bit with any man.

Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants.

We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing.

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)

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.