“She is too fond of books and it has addled her mind.”

“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”

“{Mrs. March to Jo} You are too much alike and too fond of freedom, not to mention hot tempers and strong wills, to get on happily together, in a relation which needs infinite patience and forbearance, as well as love.”

“A child her wayward pencil drewOn margins of her book;Garlands of flower, dancing elves,Bud, butterfly, and brook,Lessons undone, and plum forgot,Seeking with hand and heartThe teacher whom she learned to loveBefore she knew t'was Art. ”

“She never knew that Mr. Laurence opened his study door to hear the old-fashioned airs he liked. She never saw Laurie mount guard in the hall to warn the servants away. She never suspected that the exercise books and new songs which she found in the rack were put there for her special benefit, and when he talked to her about music at home she only thought how kind he was to tell things that helped her so much. So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped. Perhaps it was because she was so grateful for this blessing that a greater was given her. At any rate she deserved both.”

“.....and I shall think her very mean indeed if she does not give me some of her gloves, for she has many of them, I've seen them myself.......and as you can see, I took the hint.......but not much love went into THAT package did it, my dear?”

“Human minds are more full of mysteries than any written book and more changeable than the cloud shapes in the air.”