Housekeeping ain't no joke.

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.

November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year.

Dolls are safe companions.

The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed.

You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one.

Marmee: Oh, Jo. Jo, you have so many extraordinary gifts; how can you expect to lead an ordinary life? You’re ready to go out and – and find a good use for your talent. Tho’ I don’t know what I shall do without my Jo. Go, and embrace your liberty. And see what wonderful things come of it.