LD

“He liked Jo, for her odd, blunt ways suited him, and she seemed to understand the boy almost as well as if she had been one herself.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“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 especial benefit,”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“the epic highs and lows of the little black and white squares,”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love

“Bridget responded by raising her eyebrows and letting the end of the sword make gentle contact with Gwen’s chin, lifting it ever so slightly as Gwen met Bridget’s gaze and tried to hold back a smile. “Stay down, and I’ll show you how to get back up again.”
― Lex Croucher, Gwen & Art Are Not in Love