As to the other three, if they had been perfection they would not have been real girls, and you could not have wept over their trials and laughed over their pleasures.

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

Conceit spoils the finest genius.

...freedom being the sauce best beloved by the boyish soul.

I never wanted to go away, and the hard part now is the leaving you all. I'm not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.

It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.

I've got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.

You don’t need scores of suitors. You need only one… if he’s the right one.

life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.

…marriage, they say, halves one's rights and doubles one's duties.

John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!

We ascribe to God. We don't add to Him.

All the roads of life end in death.

Of course if you like your kids if you love them from the moment they begin you yourself begin all over again in them and with them.

Democracy passes into despotism.

Say unto thine own heart, 'I am mine own redeemer.

She felt as she often did in class when she was nearly sure she had the right answer, but could not always make herself raise her hand.

We must remember always that the essential quality of the wilderness is its wildness.

Conservatives must avoid the siren song of schism, or all is lost.

When you’re a housekeeper’s daughter, you see the world through a half-open door.

In the Soviet Union, for instance, the pressure on the chess stars was immense. When Boris Spassky came home after losing that match, he found he no longer had an apartment in Moscow.