I don't like favors; they oppress and make me fell like a slave. I'd rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent.

It was fortunate that tea was at hand, to produce a lull and provide refreshment,— for they would have been hoarse and faint if they had gone on much longer.

strength and beauty must go hand in hand

I hate ordinary people!

I put in my list all the busy, useful independent spinsters I know, for liberty is a better husband than love to many of us.

Don't cry so bitterly, but remember this day, and resolve with all your soul that you will never know another like it.

[Jo to her mother] I knew there was mischief brewing. I felt it and now it's worse than I imagined. I just wish I could marry Meg myself, and keep her safe in the family.