“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
“Very ursine. Yes, Mr. Bhaer, your old bore. But she returns home to see Beth before she dies, and leaves him in Manhattan. All seems ended, until Amy and Laurie return home...man and...wife.' Jo looked at him. 'It was about art and music. And Paris. And Rome.' 'I get it." He shook his head, aghast. 'But, Jo.” LoveWritingHumorFriendshipIronyRetellingLittle WomenLaurieJo March 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
