Quotes About Sisterhood

But the spirit of Eve is strong in all her daughters.

Jo to her mother] I knew there was mischief brewing. I felt it and now it's worse than I imagined. I just wish I could marry Meg myself, and keep her safe in the family.

Help one another is part of the religion of our sisterhood.

I think that woman can do a great deal for each other if they will only stop fearing what 'people will think' and take a hearty interest in whatever is going to fit their sisters and themselves to deserve and enjoy the rights God gave them. There are so many ways in which this can be done that I wonder they don't see and improve them.

No, I drank champagne and romped and tried to flirt, and was altogether abominable, said Meg reproachfully.

You have been running, Jo. How could you? When will you stop such romping ways?" "Never till I'm stiff and old and have to use a crutch. Don't try to make me grow up before my time, Meg. It's hard enough to have you change all of a sudden. Let me be a little girl as long as I can.

The girls flew about, trying to make things comfortable, each in her own way. Meg arranged the tea table, Jo brought wood and set chairs, dropping, over-turning, and clattering everything she touched. Beth trotted to and fro between parlor kitchen, quiet and busy, while Amy gave directions to everyone, as she sat with her hands folded.

If life is often as hard as this, I don't see how we ever shall get through it," added her sister despondently.

I shall never 'go and marry' anyone, observed Meg, walking on with great dignity while the others followed, laughing, whispering, skipping stones, and 'behaving like children', as Meg said to herself

Constant complaints were being made of incompetent attendants, and some dozen women did double duty, and then were blamed for breaking down. If any hospital director fancies this a good and economical arrangement, allow one used up nurse to tell him it isn't, and beg him to spare the sisterhood, who sometimes, in their sympathy, forget that they are mortal, and run the risk of being made immortal, sooner than is agreeable to their partial friends.

Jo gave her sister an encouraging pat on the shoulder as they parted for the day, each going a different way, each hugging her little warm turnover, and each trying to be cheerful in spite of wintry weather, hard work, and the unsatisfied desires of pleasure-loving youth.

If Marmee shook her fist instead of kissing her hand to us, it would serve us right, for more ungrateful wretches than we are were never seen," cried Jo, taking a remorseful satisfaction in the snowy walk and bitter wind.

I was wondering how you and Amy get on together.

Sé que no habrán olvidado lo que les dije antes de marchar, que se mostrarán cariñosas contigo, cumplirán con su deber, combatirán a sus propios demonios y saldrán adelante, de modo que cuando vuelva estaré más orgulloso que nunca de mis mujercitas.

blowzy head to her shoulder and kissing the wet cheek so tenderly that Jo cried even harder.

Ojalá pudiera casarme yo con Meg, para que así no abandonara nunca la familia!

Meg's high-heeled slippers were very tight and hurt her, though she would not own it, and Jo's nineteen hairpins all seemed stuck straight into her head, which was not exactly comfortable, but, dear me, let us be elegant or die.

and how they all laughed at her because she woke Amy in the night by playing the piano on her face in her sleep.

I don't believe fine young ladies enjoy themselves a bit more than we do, in spite of our burnt hair, old gowns, one glove apiece, and tight slippers that sprain our ankles when we are really silly enough to wear them. and I think jo was quite right.

Here! answered a husky voice from above, and, running up, Meg found her

There was no answer except her sister's cheek against her own, not even tears, for when most deeply moved, Jo did not cry.

Jo leaned down to kiss the tranquil face, and with that silent kiss, she dedicated herself soul and body to Beth.

Ayah,' said Sister Clodagh, 'you're not to say a word of this to the other servants.' 'Oh, no,' said Ayah, 'I'll keep it absolutely secret, and anyhow they all know.

Fuck you," Sally says. She tosses the words off, easy as butter in her mouth, but in fact she doesn't think she's ever cursed out loud in her own house before. "Fuck you twice," Gillian says. "You need it more.