Marmee: Oh, Jo. Jo, you have so many extraordinary gifts; how can you expect to lead an ordinary life? Youโre ready to go out and โ and find a good use for your talent. Thoโ I donโt know what I shall do without my Jo. Go, and embrace your liberty. And see what wonderful things come of it.
Louisa May AlcottFor the wise old man was universally beloved, and ministered so beautifully to his flock that many of them thanked him all their lives for the help given to both hearts and souls.
Louisa May AlcottKeep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can
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