26 quotes found
“having learned that people cannot be moulded like clay”
“proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.”
“It is a merciful provision my dears, for it takes three or four women to get each man into, through, and out of the world. You are costly creatures, boys, and it is well that mothers, sisters, wive...”
“I'm always ready to talk, shouldn't be a woman if I were not,' laughed Mrs. Jo”
“Men are always ready to die for us, but not to make our lives worth having. Cheap sentiment and bad logic.”
“Young people think they never can change, but they do in the most wonderful manner, and very few die of broken hearts.”
“growing pale and sober with the thought that her fate was soon to be decided; for, like all young people, she was sure that her whole life could be settled by one human creature, quite forgetting h...”
“a woman's always safe and comfortable when a fellow's down on his luck.”
“Prosperity suits some people, and they blossom best in a glow of sunshine; others need the shade, and are the sweeter for a touch of frost.”
“And mother-like, Mrs. Jo forgot the threatened chastisement in tender lamentations over the happy scapegrace”
“Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.”
“Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it.”
“I'm tired of praise; and love is very sweet, when it is simple and sincere like this.”
“…having learned that people cannot be moulded like clay…”
“…proved that woman isn't a half but a whole human being, and can stand alone.”
“…I'm always ready to talk, shouldn't be a woman if I were not,' laughed Mrs. Jo…”
“…growing pale and sober with the thought that her fate was soon to be decided; for, like all young people, she was sure that her whole life could be settled by one human creature, quite forgetting ...”
