“…young minds cannot be driven…”

“Never mind. Little girls shouldn't ask questions,' returned Jo sharply.Now if there is anything mortifying to our feelings when we are young, it is to be told that; and to be bidden to 'run away, dear' is still more trying to us.”

“(D)espair never lives long in young hearts”

“The young people were playing that still more absorbing game in which hearts are always trumps.”

“…having learned that people cannot be moulded like clay…”

“It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.”

“Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.”