We each are young, we each have a heart, Oh, why should we thus stand coldly apart - Louisa May Alcott

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.

One of the sweet things about pain and sorrow is that they show us how well we are loved, how much kindness there is in the world, and how easily we can make others happy in the same way when they need help and sympathy.

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