Little Women - Language and Quotes

thank you

I am much obliged to you

excuse me / I disagree

I beg your pardon

 my mind is made up

It is quite decided

I disapprove

I cannot think it right

how annoying

how very vexing

I suppose / probably

I dare say

an expression of surprise

Upon my word

it's not acceptable

It would not do

hurry up

Make haste

I'm overwhelmed/devastated

I am quite undone

Jo Quote 1

“I can’t get over my disappointment at being a girl.”

Jo Quote 2

“If I were a girl in a book this would all be so easy.”

Jo Quote 3

“Women, they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they've got ambition, and they've got talent, as well as just beauty. I'm so sick of people saying that love is just all a woman is fit for. I'm so sick of it. But I'm so lonely…”

Jo Quote 4

"I can't believe childhood is over."

Amy Quote 1

“Well, I'm not a poet. I'm just a woman. And as a woman, there's no way for me to make my own money. Not enough to earn a living or support my family. And if I had my own money, which I don't, that money would belong to my husband the moment we got married. And if we had children, they would be his, not mine. They would be his property. So don't sit there and tell me that marriage isn't an economic proposition because it is. It may not be for you, but it most certainly is for me.”

Amy Quote 2

"I want to be great, or nothing."

Amy quote 3

“I believe we have some power over who we love. It isn't something that just happens to a person.”

Amy Quote 4

"I have been second to Jo my whole life in some way, and I will not be the person you settle for just because you cannot have her."

Beth Quote 1

“It’s like the tide going out. It goes out slowly but it can’t be stopped.”

Beth Quote 2

"I’m happy as long as I can be here with my piano. I don't want for anything else."

Beth Quote 3

“You haven’t been to the Hummels, we should go. Marmee said.”
“I always go myself. You haven’t kept up with your tasks.”

Beth Quote 4

"Go and write, Jo. For me."

Meg Quote 1

“Just because my dreams are different than yours doesn't mean they're unimportant. I want a home and a family and I'm willing to work and struggle, but I want to do it with John.”

Meg Quote 2

“Don't stare, don't put your hands behind your back, don't say Christopher Columbus, don't say Capital, don't shake hands, don't whistle.”

Meg Quote 3

"I'd rather be with you, and have nothing, than be with anyone else and have everything."

Meg Quote 4

"It’s hard to be a saint when you’re hungry." 
"I’m tired of being poor."

Marmee Quote 1

“Jo, don't let the sun go down on your anger. Forgive her. Help each other, and you begin again tomorrow.”

Marmee Quote 2

"Money is a needful and precious thing-and, when well used, a noble thing-but I never want you to think it is the only or the greatest prize to strive for."

Marmee Quote 3

“Girls have to go into the world and make up their own minds about things.”

Marmee Quote 4

“I'm not patient by nature, but with nearly forty years of effort I'm learning to not let it get the better of me.”

Aunt March Quote 1

“I may not always be right, but I’m never wrong.”

Aunt March Quote 2

"I have no patience with people who are poor and proud. It’s a very inconvenient combination."

Aunt March Quote 3

“Here is the only sane member of the family.”

Aunt March Quote 4

“I hope you will be happy now that you’ve ruined your life the same way your mother did by marrying your father.”

Laurie Quote 1

“I’m not Mr. Laurence, I’m only Laurie.”

Laurie Quote 2

“You will care for somebody, and you'll love him tremendously, and live and die for him. I know you will, it's your way, and you will, and I'll watch.”

Laurie Quote 3

“I don't like fuss and feathers.”

Laurie Quote 4

“I think the poets might disagree."