(Mostly from the book, but the last one is from the 1933 movie.)
"I want to do something splendid before I go into my castle, something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm dead. I don't know what, but I'm on the watch for it, and mean to astonish you all some day. I think I shall write books and get rich and famous, that would suit me, so that is my favorite dream." :) Amen to that!
"My child, the troubles and temptations of your life are beginning, and may be many; but you can overcome and outlive them all if you learn to feel the strength and tenderness of your Heavenly Father as you do that of your earthly one. The more you love and trust Him, the nearer you will feel to Him, and the less you will depend on human power and wisdom. His love and care never tire or change, can never be taken from you, but may become the source of lifelong peace, happiness, and strength."
“Jo's eyes sparkled, for it's always pleasant to be believed in; and a friend's praise is always sweeter than a dozen newspaper puffs.”
"Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.”
“If life is often so hard as this, I don't see how we ever shall get through it…”
“Now and then, in this workaday world, things do happen in the delightful storybook fashion, and what a comfort that is.”
"So they were all in all to each other... the strong sister and the feeble one, always together, as if they felt instinctively that a long separation was not far away. They did feel it, yet neither spoke of it, for often between ourselves and those nearest and dearest to us there exists a reserve which it is very hard to overcome. Jo felt as if a veil had fallen between her heart and Beth's, but when she put out her hand to lift it up, there seemed something sacred in the silence..."
“Beth lay a minute thinking, and then said in her quiet way, 'I don't know how to express myself, and shouldn't try to anyone but you... I only meant to say that I have a feeling that it never was intended I should live long. I'm not like the rest of you... I'm not afraid, but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven.”
“She did not rebuke Jo with saintly speeches, only loved her better for her passionate affection, and clung more closely to the dear human love, from which our Father never means us to be weaned, but through which He draws us closer to Himself.”
"She began to see that character is a better possession than money, rank, intellect, or beauty, and to feel that her friend Friedrich Bhaer was not only good, but great.
This belief strengthened daily. She valued his esteem, she coveted his respect, she wanted to be worthy of his friendship..."
“Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.”
“Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.”
"If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that’s all that you really are. Time erodes all such beauty, but what it cannot diminish is the wonderful workings of your mind: Your humor, your kindness, and your moral courage. These are the things I cherish so in you." ❤
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