Jo March

"I'd rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe."

"I am angry nearly every day of my life."

"One can't love and be wise."

"I'd rather be a boy; and it's worse than ever now, for I'm mad at having to wear long skirts."

"I wish I could be a boy; then I wouldn't have to wear beastly corsets and couldn't go in the army."

"Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so."

"I don't think I was meant for a fine lady."

"I have always wanted to see a real war, but all I could do was read it in books."

"I want to be great or nothing."

"I'll be a literary spinster with a pen for a spouse."

"I don't mind hard work if it helps Father and Mother."

"I want to be a boy; it's bad enough to be a girl, anyway."

"I'd rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe."

"It's very hard to have convictions nowadays."

"Genius burns where it will, and we cannot change our nature."

"I don't think I'm a poet, but I know I love writing stories."

"I think secrets are the root of all evil in families."

"It does seem too bad that I can't love you as you want me to. I've tried, but I can't change the feeling, and it would be a lie to say I do."

"I've got the blues."

"Wouldn't it be fun if all the castles in the air which we make could come true?"

"There are plenty of currant bushes, and we strawberries are always welcome."

"I wish I were a boy; then I shouldn't have to wear these horrid things."

"Talent isn't genius, and you can't make yourself a genius."

"I'd rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe."

"I don't think I was meant for a fine lady."

"I have always wanted to see the world and have adventures."

"I'm angry nearly every day of my life."

"I am not afraid of anything."

"I'd like to be a boy and then it wouldn't matter so much if I wasn't pretty."

"I should have cried, but I didn't."