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rereading little women…i bet i shocked u all….

“I’m glad Laurie seems to happy and busy, that he has given up smoking and lets his hair grow. You see Beth manages him better than I did. I’m not jealous dear, do your best, only don’t make a saint of him.” (333)

"If you loved me, Jo, I should be a perfect saint, for you could make me anything you like." (353)

ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 💔

"It's no use, Jo, we've got to have it out, and the sooner the better for both of us. I've loved you ever since I've known you, Jo, couldn't help it, you've been so good to me. I've tried to show it, but you wouldn't let me; now I'm going to make you hear, and give me an answer, for I can't go on so any longer."

"'One thing, I leave to your especial care,' she said, the night before she left.
'You mean your papers?' asked Beth.
'No, my boy. Be very good to him, won't you?'

When Laurie said good-by, he whispered significantly, '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.'"

"But the crowning jewel was Mr. Laurence and Aunt March, for when the stately old gentleman chasséd solemnly up to the old lady, she just tucked her cane under arm, and hopped briskly away to join hands with the rest and dance about the bridal pair, while the young folks pervaded the garden like butterflies on a midsummer day."

"For several minutes everybody seemed to lose their wits. Mr. March became invisible in the embrace of four pairs of loving arms; Jo disgraced herself by fainting away and had to be doctored by Laurie in the china closet; Mr. Brooke kissed Meg entirely by mistake as he somewhat incoherently explained, and Amy, the dignified, tumbled over a stool and never stopping to get up, hugged and cried over her father's boots."

"Don'y try to make me grow up before my time, Meg: it's hard enough to have you change all of a sudden; let me be a little girl as long as I can."

"Jo's funny hat deserved a vote of thanks, for it was of general utility: it broke the ice in the beginning by producing a laugh, it created quite a refreshing breeze, flapping to and fro as she rowed, and would make an excellent umbrella for the whole party if a shower came up, she said. After putting up her glass to examine the queer girl several times, Miss Kate decided she was 'odd, but rather clever.'"

"I am angry nearly every day of my life, Jo, but I have learned not to show it; and I still hope to learn not to feel it, though it may take me another forty years to do so."