Sarah

“She had often said she wanted to do something splendid, no matter how hard; and now she had her wish,--for what could be more beautiful than to devote her life to father and mother, trying to make home as happy to them as they had to her?”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women / Stage 3

“A family which sings together, plays together, and prays together usually stays together.”
― Maria Augusta Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers: The Classic Memoir of a Musical Family

“The room was bathed in that mild, golden light, which only one source can give – wax candles; but wax candles on Christmas, for on no other day of the year do they radiate such penetrating happiness and peace. It must be that through all the centuries, the light on Christmas Eve borrows its shine from the Star of Bethlehem, which witnessed the first Christmas message of peace to men of good will.”
― Maria Augusta von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers: The Classic Memoir of a Musical Family

“Like a confiding child, she asked no questions, but left everything to God and nature, Father and Mother of us all, feeling sure that they, and they only, could teach and strengthen heart and spirit for this life and the life to come. She did not rebuke Jo with saintly speeches, only loved her better for her passionate affection, and clung more closely to the dear human love, from which our Father never means us to be weaned, but through which He draws us closer to Himself.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women