"...for a girl with eyes like hers has a will and is not ruled by anyone but a lover."
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"Good, old-fashioned ways keep hearts sweet, heads sane, hands busy."
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"Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents."
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"Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a right to be hurt, I don't intend to show it. (Amy March)"
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"…often between ourselves and those nearest and dearest to us there exists a reserve which it is very hard to overcome."
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"Books are always good company if you have the right sort."
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"John Brooke is acting dreadfully, and Meg likes it!"
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"Love scenes, if genuine, are indescribable; for to those who have enacted them the most elaborate description seems tame, and to those who have not, the simplest picture seems overdone."
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"What do girls do who haven't any mothers to help them through their troubles?"
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"We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want."
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"Salt is like good-humor, and nearly every thing is better for a pinch of it."
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"Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow."
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"Nothing provokes speculation more than the sight of a woman enjoying herself." -"
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"Our actions are in our own hands, but the consequences of them are not. Remember that, my dear, and think twice before you do anything."
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"I've learned to check the hasty words that rise to my lips, and when I feel that they mean to break out against my will, I just go away for a minute, and give myself a little shake for being so weak and wicked."
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"Better lose your life than your soul."
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"Resolved to take fate by the throat and shake a living out of her."
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"I keep turning over new leaves, and spoiling them, as I used to spoil my copybooks; and I make so many beginnings there never will be an end. (Jo March)"
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"Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know."
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"A real gentleman is as polite to a little girl as to a woman."
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