"But, like all happiness, it did not last long."
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"I can get on with wild beasts first-rate; but men rile me awfully."
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"…she rejoiced as only mothers can in the good fortunes of their children."
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"It is never too early to try and plant [good principles] in a child, and never too late to cultivate them in the most neglected person."
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"We'll all grow up Meg, no pretending we won't."
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"I'd have a stable full of Arabian steeds, rooms piled with books, and I'd write out of a magic inkstand, so that my works should be as famous as Laurie's music. 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."
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"When I had the youth I had no money, now I have the money I have no time, and when I get the time, if I ever do, I shall have no health to enjoy life."
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"It's a great comfort to have an artistic sister."
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"I will make a battering-ram of my head and make my way through this rough and tumble world."
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"A kiss for a blow is always best, though it's not very easy to give it sometimes."
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"Laurie, you're an angel! How shall I ever thank you?" "Fly at me again. I rather liked it," said Laurie, looking mischievous, a thing he had not done for a fortnight."
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"I think this power of living in our children is one of the sweetest things in the world."
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"Love is apt to make lunatics of even men and saints."
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"Right Jo better be happy old maids than unhappy wives or unmaidenly girls running about to find husbands."
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"[Jo to her mother] I knew there was mischief brewing. I felt it and now it's worse than I imagined. I just wish I could marry Meg myself, and keep her safe in the family."
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"I shall keep my book on the table here, and read a little every morning as soon as I wake, for I know it will do me good, and help me through the day."
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