JO MARCH QUOTES FROM THE BOOK

“I’d rather take care of people than fuss over clothes and be a charming hostess.”

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.”

“I want to do something splendid… something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead.”

“I like good strong words that mean something.”

“I just feel like I never can be what I ought to be. I’m not very good, Angela, but I’m learning, and I’m try to grow up to be a good woman like you.”

“I could never love anyone as I love my sisters.”

“I’d rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe.”

“I want to be great, or nothing.”

“I can’t help flying up on the wings of anticipation. It’s as glorious as soaring through a sunset… almost pays for the thud.”

“I wish I had no heart, it aches so.”

“Girls do cry, even strong ones.”

“I like to help women myself, and manly little girls, like you.”

“I don’t like people who have no faults.” QUOTES FOR WISHING NEW YEAR

“Live, love, and be happy for a time, and still be loved and remember, when time has forgotten all else.”

“I’m not ambitious for a splendid fortune or fashionable position.”

“I get cross, then sad, then end up not liking anybody.”

“It takes two flints to make a fire.”

“Don’t let the world push you around. Stand up for what you believe in.”

“I want to be great, or nothing at all!”

“I like to imagine that I have on invisible armor, and will always be safe from all the ugly things in the world.”

“I am angry nearly every day of my life.”

“I’m not afraid of anything in this world; I’m afraid of myself sometimes!”

“I’ll try and be what he loves to call me, ‘a little woman’ and not be rough and wild. But I can’t make promises.”

“I don’t pretend to be wise, but I am observant, and things which are great and true and beautiful are the joy of my life.”

“I’m glad I tried not to be selfish, but if I hadn’t loved anyone else, I should have loved him.”