Nothing more, — except that I don't believe I shall ever marry; I'm happy as I am, and love my liberty too well to be in any hurry to give it up for … - Louisa May Alcott

I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.

Go out more, keep cheerful as well as busy, for you are the sunshine-maker of the family, and if you get dismal there is no fair weather.

I should have cause to be proud of this year's work;' and Mrs. Jo sat smiling over her book as she built castles in the air, just as she used to when she was a girl, only then they were for herself, and now they were for other people, which is the reason perhaps that some of them came to pass in reality for charity is an excellent foundation to build anything upon.