"Oh, mother, you can't mean it! It's my turn first. I've wanted to go so long. It isn't fair, oh, it isn't fair!"

"I wish Aunt March had chosen you, too, but she says Amy decidedly. Don't sadden Amy's pleasure by reproaches or regrets."

"I'll help you bear up under the disappointment, Jo, for I'm grateful there will not be a whole ocean to separate us for years."

"I say old girl, can't we be serious just for a minute. I've finished college and soon I'll be traveling to Europe. Rome would make a wonderful place for a honeymoon..."

"I thought you'd understand. I never wanted to make you care for me so."

"I worked hard to please you and waited and never complained for I hoped you'd grow to love me."

"I wish I could love you as you want me to, but I can't change the feeling, and it would be a lie to say I do when I don't."

"Marmee, I want to go away somewhere for a change. I feel restless and anxious. I need to try my wings."

"Dearest Marmee and Daddy: I met a gentleman tonight from Berlin. His name is Professor Bhaer. He's very learned and good but poor as a church mouse. The children I take care of have lost their hearts to him. He's rather stout, with hair tumbled all over his head and the kindest eyes I ever saw..."

"My Precious Bethie: Professor Bhaer and I are very good friends now. He gave me his very own collection of Shakespeare for Christmas. 'Read him well,' he told me, 'for the study of character in this book will help you to read it in the world and paint it with your pen...'"

"Friedrick has advised me to study simple and true characters so I have decided to study him and find out why he draws people so naturally to him. Perhaps it is his benevolence. I feel proud to know him. I have discovered, Marmee, that character is a better possession than money or rank or intellect, and Friedrick has a character of such goodness."

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