Jo carried her love of liberty and hate of conventionalities to such and unlimited extent that she naturally found herself worsted in an argument.

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!

Politics nowadays is a game unlike every other game, only for the willing hearts and strong minds

Nearly all rich an powerful people are not notably talented, educated, charming or good-looking. They become rich and powerful by wanting to be rich and powerful.

The Tonys are also kind of like a homegrown party. You know everybody.

You do not fail in obedience through lack of love, but you have lost love because you never attempted obedience.

You can't think about presence, and the mind can't understand it. Understanding presence is being present.

Sad thing is, you can still love someone and be wrong for them.

Every ending is also a beginning. We'll meet again, I promise.

The message is that all things are connected. We have animal aspects, anthropological aspects, plant-animal aspects.

When I'm writing a book, sentence by sentence, I'm not thinking theoretically. I'm just trying to work out the story from inside the characters I've got.

Because the Western civilization is dominated by dualistic thinking, holistic scientists and philosophers don't get the recognition they deserve.