Quotes from book

Little Women

“Let us be elegant or die!”

“Oh, Jo, how could you? Your one beauty.”

“I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.”

“Conceit spoils the finest genius.”

“Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.”

“…I can't help seeing that you are very lonely, and sometimes there is a hungry look in your eyes that goes to my heart.”

“Well, I am happy, and I won't fret, but it does seem as if the more one gets the more one wants…”

“I have nothing to give but my heart so full and these empty hands."

"They're not empty now.”

“I hate ordinary people!”

“I could have been a great many things.”

“…she'll go and fall in love, and there's an end of peace and fun, and cozy times together.”

“John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!”

“I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them.”

“Meg's high-heeled slippers were dreadfully tight, and hurt her, though she would not own it; and Jo's nineteen hair-pins all seemed stuck straight into her head, which was not exactly comfortable; but, dear me, let us be elegant or die.”

“We'll all grow up Meg, no pretending we won't.”

“Jo's eyes sparkled, for it's always pleasant to be believed in; and a friend's praise is always sweeter than a dozen newspaper puffs.”

“She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable.”

“…she was one of those happily created beings who please without effort, make friends everywhere, and take life so gracefully and easily that less fortunate souls are tempted to believe that such are born under a lucky star.”

“If I didn't care about doing right and didn't feel uncomfortable doing wrong, I should get on capitally.”