“I will not weep, she thought. I will not I will not I will NOT. I had my chance. Laurie asked me first. He loved me first. But I let him go, and I don't deserve him. I didn't want him then, and I don't want him now. Not now. Not ever. But Jo, of all people, knew a story when she heard one. Especially when the ending had been gotten so wrong.” LoveRomanceFriendshipHeartacheRetellingLaurieJo March Book:Jo & Laurie Source: Jo & Laurie
“There are no eyes like those in the whole world, she thought. Eyes like glaciers, like cold northern afternoons. Lapis eyes, blue-sky blue. She hadn't known how much she loved them. And that face. She loved the frown. She loved the furrowed brow. She loved the one irritated eyebrow. She loved the total indifference, the moment one idea or another pushed her temporarily out of his thoughts. She loved it because she loved the sweetness, in the other moments, when he came back to her. The softening, when she came near.” LoveRomanceFriendshipHeartacheRetellingLittle WomenLaurieJo March Book:Jo & Laurie Source: Jo & Laurie
“Was that it? The great risk of belonging to someone else? Someone who could hurt you. Someone who could leave you. Someone you could lose. Someone you could love, and make all those other things a thousand times worse. Was that why receiving a heart felt like having to give her own away?” LoveRomanceFearFriendshipRetellingLittle WomenLaurieJo March Book:Jo & Laurie Source: Jo & Laurie
“Every cell in her body was screaming at her to flee, but every beat of her heart was telling her to stay. And now she knew. She did belong to him, because he belonged to her, and they belonged to each other. There was no wedding vow that needed to be spoken for her to understand that. Even unmarried, even under separate roofs, they belonged together. No suitable wife would ever care for him more.” LoveRomanceFriendshipRetellingLittle WomenLaurieJo March Book:Jo & Laurie Source: Jo & Laurie
“And in that moment - sitting on the splintering veranda steps of Orchard House, surrounded by Vegetable Valley, looking up at the first and last great love of her life - Josephine March knew precisely what to do. And even more, she knew she was going to do it. Risk it. Embrace it. Maybe even, one day, lose it. Love. It would be her honor and her pleasure to go down with this particular ship. They could be dashed together upon the rocks, sink together to the ocean floor. Only blurry, ink-splotched pages to mark their watery grave. Because it was always our story. It just never had the right ending.” LoveRomanceFriendshipMarriageLittle WomenLaurieJo March 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
