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"'Thou gifest me such hope and courage, and I haf nothing to gif back but a full heart and these empty hands'
... she just put both hands into his, whispering tenderly, 'Not empty now,'" (462).

"'I'd gladly pull in the same boat with you, even if you had ti get your living by rowing on the lake'" (441).

"'I can't get on without my little woman any more than a-'" (439).

"'Lovely weather so far; I don't know how long it will last, but I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship'" (439)

"And if difficulties were necessary to increase the splendor of the effort, what could be harder for a restless, ambitious girl than to give up her own hopes, plans, and desires, and cheerfully live for others?" (420).

"'How well we pull together, don't we?'
'So well that I wish we might always pull in the same boat'" (416).

1800s romance <3

"'You needn't go right back, need you?'
'Not if you want me, dear'" (414).

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"Let the boys be boys, the longer the better, and let the young men sow their wild oats if they must; but mothers, sisters, and friends may help to make the crop a small one, and keep many tares from spoiling the harvest, by believing, and showing that they believe, in the possibility of loyalty to the virtues which make men manliest in good women's eyes" (408).
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"'Boys will be boys, young men must sow their wild oats, and women must not expect miracles.' ... Women work a good many miracles, and I have a persuasion that they may perform even that of raising the standard of manhood by refusing to echo such sayings" (408)
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"Amy's lecture did Laurie good, though, of course, he did not own it till long afterward; men seldom do, for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do; then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it; if it fails, they generously give her the whole" (406).

"self-forgetfulness that makes the humblest on earth remembered soonest in heaven, the true success which is possible to all" (402).

"It's wicked to throw away so many good gifts because you can't have the one you want" (397).

"As she was a womanly little woman, the maternal instinct was very strong, and she was entirely absorbed in her children, to the utter exclusion of everything and everybody else" (376).

About change: "it had come too gradually to startle those who saw her daily, but to eyes sharpened by absence, it was very plain"

"When he left her without a look behind him, she knew that the boy ... never would come again" (359).

Holding back tears.

"For though grateful for the sympathy, his man's pride could not bear a man's pity" (356).

"'I almost wish I hadn't any conscience, it's so inconvenient'" (347).

"'It won't do a bit of good, Jo. My eye is on you, so mind what you do, or I'll come and bring you home'" (323).

UGHHHHHAAAA

"In spite of the smiles on the motherly face, there was a secret sorrow hid in the motherly heart at the flight of the first bird from the nest" (245).

There are so many little excerpts I want to record from this book... too many to include without flooding the tl

"The love of power, which sleeps in the bosoms of the best of little women, woke up all of a sudden and took possession of her" (223).

"'I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks; and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end'" (212).

"'If I am not mistaken, she will be rich in the possession of a good man's heart, and that is better than a fortune'" (201).

"Jo felt the unspoken sympathy, and in the silence learned the sweet solace which affection administers to sorrow" (183).

"'Now be a sensible little woman, and do as they say'" (177).

"Take up your little burdens again, for though they seem heavy sometimes, they are good for us, and lighten as we carry them" (120).

"Beth nestled up to her and the rest turned toward her with brightening faces, as flowers turn toward the sun" (119).

“‘Money is a needful and precious thing—and, when well used, a noble thing—but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. I’d rather see you poor men’s wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace’” (100).

“‘I want my daughters to be beautiful, accomplished, and good; to be admired, loved, and respected; to have a happy youth, to be well and wisely married, and to lead useful, pleasant lives, with as little care and sorrow to try them as God sees fit to send’” (99).

“‘But it is nice to be praised and admired, and I can’t help saying I like it.’
‘That is perfectly natural, and quite harmless, if the liking does not become a passion and lead one to do foolish or unmaidenly things. Learn to know and value the praise which is worth having, and to excite the admiration of excellent people by being modest as well as pretty, Meg” (99).

“for motherly eyes are quick to see any change in children’s faces (97).

“‘I don’t like fuss and feathers’” (95).