"Neither silk, lace, nor orange flowers would she have. 'I don't want a fashionable wedding, but only those about me whom I love, and to them I wish to look and be my familiar self.'"

"My dear, where did you get it? Twenty-five dollars! _____, I hope you haven't done anything rash?" "No, it's mine honestly. I didn't beg, borrow, or steal it. I earned it, and I don't think you'll blame me, for I only sold what was my own."

"Meg and John begin humbly, but I have a feeling that there will be quite as much happiness in the little house as in the big one. It's a great mistake for young girls like Meg to leave themselves nothing to do but dress, give orders, and gossip."

"Work is wholesome, and there is plenty for everyone. It keeps us from ennui and mischief, is good for health and spirits, and gives us a sense of power and independence better than money or fashion."

"Dear little bird! See, Jo, how tame it is. I like peeps better than gulls...I used to call them my birds last summer, and Mother said they reminded her of me-busy, quaker-colored creatures, always near to the shore, and always chirping that contented little song of theirs."

"I remember a time when this hand was white and smooth, and your first care was to keep it so. It was very pretty then, but to me it is much prettier now, for in these seeming blemishes I read a little history."

"I don't like fuss and feathers."

"Women should learn to be agreeable, particularly poor ones, for they have no other way of repaying the kindnesses they receive. If you'd remember that, and practice it, you'd be better liked than I am, because there is more of you."

_____'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."

The war is over, and ________, safely at home, busy with his books and the small parish which found in him a minister by nature and grace, a quiet, studious man, rich in the wisdom that is better than learning, the charity....."

"I burned it up" "What! My little book I was so fond of, and worked over, and meant to finish before Father got home? Have you really burned it?"

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