If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that you really are. Time erodes all such beauty, but what it cannot diminish is the wonderful workings of your mind: Your humor, your kindness, and your moral courage. These are the things I cherish so in you. I so wish I could give my girls a more just world. But I know you’ll make it a better place." -- Marmee, Little Women

Let us be elegant or die! --Amy

To me, love isn't all. I must look up, not down, trust and honor with my whole heart, and find strenght and integrity to lean on

Liberty is a better husband than love to many of us.

Nothing remained but loneliness and grief.

November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year.

I don't worry about the storms, I am learning to sail my own ship.