Amy Eckert

“Happy the man who can put temptation in his pocket and learn self-denial.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Men

“What are you thinking of, all by yourself, with such a happy face, Sister Jo?" asked Laurie, sitting down beside her on the sofa. "My summer's work, Teddy, and amusing myself by imagining the future of my boys," she answered, smiling, as she made room for him.
"They are all to be poets, painters, statesmen, famous soldiers, or at least merchant princes, I suppose."
"No, I am not as aspiring as I once was, and I shall be satisfied if they are honest men.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Men

“...the small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Men

“Sometimes celebrating, enjoying, and laughing seem almost inappropriate in a world as broken as ours. We look around and see panic on the faces of everyone we see. Tragedies become ordinary. How, in good conscience, can we laugh and celebrate and eat pizza? I believe we must celebrate - because celebration is one of the most effective weapons we have against the darkness of our day. The real grief of the state of our world is the pervasive fear that settles in our hearts.”
― Sally Clarkson, The Lifegiving Table: Nurturing Faith through Feasting, One Meal at a Time