Little Women

"I wish I could love my family with all my heart, but I guess I can't."

"I am angry nearly every day of my life, Jo, but I have learned not to show it."

"I could do it if I only had a chance."

"I am not angry, I'm grieved. That is a great deal worse."

"I think my family is the best thing that ever happened to me."

"Love is a very happy thing, but there is a time for all things."

"It's not fair that girls can't be writers and editors and things."

"I never want to marry. I've got my hands full, and don't mind hard work."

"I think it's nice to have accomplishments and be elegant, but not to show off or get perked up."

"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents."

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

"One of the trials of a nurse's life is the incivility, carelessness, and hardness of some of the gentlemen."

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

"I wish I could be a boy."

"It's nice to have accomplishments and be elegant, but not to show off or get perked up."

"Never lose sight of who you truly are beneath all the pretense."

"I believe the greatest gift we can give each other is our time."

"A woman's power lies in her goodness, not in her beauty."

"I think one talent is worth cultivating and developing."

"It does seem as if the path to success must lie through poverty and struggle."

"Books are our finest friends in our loneliness."

"I know I'm a selfish girl, but I'll try to be better."

"Let us be thankful for what we have and not complain for what we lack."

"I don't enjoy this sort of society and never shall."

"Work is wholesome, and whatever we do in an honest way is respectable."

"I wish I could be as satisfied as you are."

"The things we love best are worth all our pains and patience."

"I think I shall enjoy hating you."

"You have got such a temper, Jo, and I don't think you'll ever get over it."

"My heart is satisfied with just your love."