#louisa

…that's what old people are here for, — else their experience is of little use. ↗

…courage and devotion always stir generous hearts, and win admiration… ↗

We live in a beautiful and wonderful world, Demi, and the more you now about it the wiser and the better you will be. ↗

…to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world. ↗

…for it is a very solemn thing to be arrested in the midst of busy life by the possibility of the great change. ↗

I think she is growing up, and so begins to dream dreams, and have hopes and fears and fidgets, without knowing why or being able to explain them. ↗

…on some occasions, women, like dreams, go by contraries. ↗

…the little girls wore a grave, troubled expression, as if sorrow was a new experience to them. ↗

Jo had learned that hearts, like flowers, cannot be rudely handled, but must open naturally… ↗

If life is often so hard as this, I don't see how we ever shall get through it… ↗