“…in silence learned the sweet solace which affection administers to sorrow.”
Source: Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…
“I wish I had no heart, it aches so.”
Source: Little Women
“If life is often so hard as this, I don't see how we ever shall get through it.”
Source: Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…
“Such hours are beautiful to live, but very hard to describe.”
Source: Little Women
“…she'll go and fall in love, and there's an end of peace and fun, and cozy times together.”
Source: Little Women: Top Novelist Focus
“Now and then, in this workaday world, things do happen in the delightful storybook fashion, and what a comfort that is.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated)
“…Jo loved a few persons very dearly and dreaded to have their affection lost or lessened in any way.”
Source: The Complete Little Women Series: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys: The Beloved Classics of American Literature: The coming-of-age series based on the author’s own childhood experiences with her three sisters
“life and love are very precious when both are in full bloom.”
Source: The Complete Works of Louisa May Alcott (Illustrated): Novels, Short Stories, Plays & Poems: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, A Modern Mephistopheles, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Jack and Jill, Behind a Mask, The Abbot's Ghost…
“…she was one of those happily created beings who please without effort, make friends everywhere, and take life so gracefully and easily that less fortunate souls are tempted to believe that such are born under a lucky star.”
Source: Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…
“Six weeks is a long time to wait, and a still longer time for a girl to keep a secret.”
Source: Little women, and Good wives, by the author of 'An old-fashioned girl'.