"When we make little sacrifices we like to have them appreciated, at least."
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"I'm afraid I couldn't like him without a spice of human naughtiness."
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"I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them."
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"…what splendid dreams young people build upon a word, and how bitter is the pain when the bright bubbles burst."
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"If life is often so hard as this, I don't see how we ever shall get through it."
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"...Meg learned to love her husband better for his poverty, because it seem to have made a man of him, giving him the strength and courage to fight his own way, and taught him a tender patience with which to bear and comfort the natural longings and failures of those he loved."
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"She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable."
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"Oh, Jo, how could you? Your one beauty."
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"hither,hither, from thy home,airy sprite, i bid thee come! born of roses, fed on dew, charms and potions canst thow brew? bring me here, with elfin speed,the fragment philter witch i need; make it sweet and swift and stong, spirite amserw now my song hither i come, from my airy home, afar silver moon. take magic spell, and use it well. or its powers will vanish soon!"
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"The fear of being an old maid made young girls rush into matrimony with a recklessness that astonishes."
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"I asked for bread, and I got a stone in the shape of a pedestal."
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"I'm perfectly miserable; but if you consider me presentable, I die happy."
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"Jo's breath gave out here, and wrapping her head in the paper, she bedewed her little story with a few natural tears, for to be independent and earn the praise of those she loved were the dearest wishes of her heart, and this seemed to be the first step toward that happy end."
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"And when they went away, leaving comfort behind, I think there were not in all the city four merrier people than the hungry little girls who gave away their breakfasts and contented themselves with bread and milk on Christmas morning."
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"...and best of all, the wilderness of books, in which she could wander, where she liked, made the library a region of bliss to her."
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"The moment Aunt March took her nap, or was busy with company, Jo hurried to this quiet place, and curling herself up in the easy chair, devoured poetry, romance, history, travels, and pictures like a regular bookworm."
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"The dirt is picturesque, so I don't mind."
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"…on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries."
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"Nothing remained but loneliness and grief."
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"Her beauty satisfied [his] artistic eye, her peculiarities piqued his curiosity, her vivacity lightened his ennui, and her character interested him by the unconscious hints it gave of power, pride and passion. So entirely natural and unconventional was she that he soon found himself on a familiar footing, asking all manner of unusual questions, and receiving rather piquant replies."
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