...for a girl with eyes like hers has a will and is not ruled by anyone but a lover. - Louisa May Alcott

She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that if greatness is what a wise man has defined it to be, 'truth, reverence, and good will,' then her friend Friedrich Bhaer was not only good, but great.

…often between ourselves and those nearest and dearest to us there exists a reserve which it is very hard to overcome.

There is always light behind the clouds