“I'm not Meg tonight, I'm a 'doll'.”

“John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!”

“When Jo's conservative sister Meg says she must turn up her hair now that she is a "young lady," Jo shouts, "I'm not! and if turning up my hair makes me one, I'll wear it in two tails till I'm twenty.... I hate to think I've got to grow up, and be Miss March, and wear long gowns, and look as prim as a China aster! It's bad enough to be a girl anyway, when I like boys' games and work and manners! I can't get over my disappointment in not being a boy; and it's worse than ever now, for I'm dying to go and fight with Papa, and I can only stay at home and knit, like a poky old woman.”

“I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship.”

“We'll all grow up Meg, no pretending we won't.”

“…she never had what she wanted till she had given up hoping for,' said Mrs. Meg.”

“We'll all grow up someday, Meg, we might as well know what we want. ~Amy March~”