And mother-like, Mrs. Jo forgot the threatened chastisement in tender lamentations over the happy scapegrace…

Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.

Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.

…proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.

It's lovely to see people so happy.

…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst.

Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.

Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, — that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it.

…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children.

I do like men who come out frankly and own that they are not gods.

…having learned that people cannot be moulded like clay…

I have a theory that as long as you have one good friend, one real friend, you can get through anything.

When you learn to love unconditionally and deeply, you gain the power of love.

And I don't know much about anything in this world but I do know how to read The book written in his eyes. The way he looks at me.

It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor.

Being that rare sort of old girl that she receives Good to her arms without a hint that it might be Better and catches light from any little spot of darkness near her.

Wonder is not a Pollyanna stance, not a denial of reality; wonder is an acknowledgement of the power of the mind to transform, to notice, to decide what experience shall mean.

The only significance of analyzing the past is that it does give us some key to the future.

I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you've worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great.

The universe is not only self-organizing, it is also self-correcting.

We must dissent from the fear.