Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. … - Louisa May Alcott

I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queen's on thrones, without self-respect and peace.

Jo’s ambition was to do something very splendid; what it was she had no idea as yet, but left it for time to tell her; and, meanwhile, found her greatest affliction in the fact that she couldn’t read, run, and ride as much as she liked. A quick temper, sharp tongue, and restless spirit were always getting her into scrapes, and her life was a series of ups and downs, which were both comic and pathetic.

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.

But the spirit of Eve is strong in all her daughters.