"I wish I could be more sensible, but I don't think I can."
"Going to the theater is the height of luxury."
"My heart prefers to have a voice in the matter."
"I love my family more than anything in the world."
Family
"I wish we could do something splendid before we go into camp."
Dreams
"I'm angry nearly every day of my life."
Strength
"Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling."
Justice
"I'd rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe."
"Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so."
Knowledge
"I don't see why I can't love you as you want me to."
Love
"I am not a bit changed inside, only outside."
Truth
"I wish I could be a boy."
Freedom
"I don't care about getting rich, but I do want to be great."
Success
"We've got Father and Mother and each other."
Family
"Sing again, I love to hear you because you sing like an angel."
Music
"I want to be great, or nothing."
"I am not afraid of hard work, it is laziness that I fear."
Perseverance
"Learning to love is something very difficult for me."
Love
"We girls have a right to educate ourselves and be wise."
Education
"I don't think I'm sentimental, but I rather like it."
"It's a nice quiet ending, and if it is true we can be satisfied."
"I shall do something to be proud of."
Motivation
"Being angry never helps one to study or write."
Wisdom
"I wish we were boys, then we might go and fight for the Union."
Courage
"I love romance, even if it's not always happy."
Literature
"I believe we can make one another happy, so let us be merry."
Friendship
"We don't mind hard work, and we love Mother so much."
Family
"I'd rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe."
Freedom
"I wish I could be a boy; then I shouldn't have to wear beastly corsets and couldn't go to college."
Freedom
"Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so."
Knowledge