1. "I know what I mean, and you needn't be statirical about it. It's proper to use good words, and improve your vocabilary."
Amy March

2. "In spite of their demonstrative manners, American girls are very nice when one knows them."
Kate Vaughn

3. "I drank champagne and romped and tried to flirt and was altogether abominable."
Meg March

4. "What has that boy been about? Don't try to shield him. I know he has been in mischief by the way he acted when he came home."
Mr. Laurence

5. "Tell me, do you mean to marry this Cook? If you do, not one penny of my money ever goes to you."
Aunt March

6. "I don't like favors; they oppress and make me feel like a slave. I'd rather do everything for myself, and be perfectly independent."
Jo March

7. "Jo, dear, we all have our temptations, some far greater than yours, and it often takes us all our lives to conquer them. You think your temper is the worst in the world; but mine used to be just like it."
Marmee

8. "I'm not so good as you make me, but I have tried to do right; and now, when it's too late to begin even to do better, it's such a comfort to know that someone loves me so much, and feels as if I'd helped them."
Beth March

9. "Do great boys like great girls, too, 'fessor?'"
Demi Brooke

10. "Sentimental? Yes. Thank Gott, we Germans believe in sentiment, and keep ourselves young mit it."
Prof. Bhaer