“I only write the characters for what feels like a moment, until the characters sort of...take up the quill on their own...and begin to write each other. Tell each other their stories. They breathe on each other, and make each other live. And from then on, I'm just an eavesdropper, Amy.” WritingFunnySistersRetellingLittle WomenJoLaurie Book:Jo & Laurie Source: Jo & Laurie
“Amy stuck out her chin. 'I want Laurie.' 'You can't have Laurie,' Meg said. 'It doesn't work in the narrative. You and Laurie don't even like each other all that much.” LoveWritingFunnyImaginationSistersLittle WomenJoLaurie Book:Jo & Laurie Source: Jo & Laurie
“What a bunch of rot,' Jo exclaimed, snatching the letter out of Meg's hand. 'I won't marry Jo to Laurie for anything! Especially not to please anyone!' 'Certainly not yourself,' Meg muttered. 'What?' 'Nothing, dear.” LoveFriendshipSistersRetellingLittle WomenMegJoLaurie Book:Jo & Laurie Source: Jo & Laurie
“You're the writer,' he repeated, thought he didn't move his hand away. How strange it felt, the growing warmth pressing through the cold, cold water. So comfortable and familiar and welcome, and yet...and yet...” LoveRomanceFriendshipRetellingLittle WomenJoLaurie Book:Jo & Laurie Source: Jo & Laurie
“Laurie, you're hopeless.' It was only then that she saw the twinkling in his eye and realized he was teasing her. She blushed. 'You're teasing. You're awful. A horrible bore.' He winked. 'At least I'm not a cabbage. At least I'm not Professor Bore.' 'At least that,' she said, smiling into her tea. 'Odious fellow.” LoveFunnyFriendshipRetellingLittle WomenJoLaurie Book:Jo & Laurie Source: Jo & Laurie
“Amy sulked. 'And they're not even talking about anything. They never are. Just loads and loads of nonsense.' Meg patted her sister's arm. 'Only they know what they're talking about, Amy, but I do believe - in their own way - it's not nonsense.' 'Shipwrecks and sunken manuscripts and Jo's Venetian?!' Amy looked at Meg, confused. 'If that's not nonsense, what is it?' Meg circled her arm affectionately around her little sister's slender shoulders. 'He's Jo's Cherry King, don't you see?' 'I do,' said Amy. 'But does she?” LoveWritingFriendshipAmyRetellingLittle WomenMegJoLaurie Book:Jo & Laurie Source: Jo & Laurie
“How could she not understand? First, she had believed he was in love with Meg! Next thing he knew, she would be marrying him off to Amy or some other such rot. He shuddered.” LoveFriendshipIronyHeartacheRetellingLittle WomenJoLaurie Book:Jo & Laurie Source: Jo & Laurie
