Because they are mean is no reason why I should be. I hate such things, and though I think I've a right to be hurt, I don't intend to show it.
- Amy March, Little Women

Happy Father's Day!

Your father, Jo. He never loses patience―never doubts or complains―but always hopes, and works and waits so cheerfully that one is ashamed to do otherwise before him.

- Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get.

- Tim Russert, Big Russ and Me

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap on a rope.

- Bill Cosby, Fatherhood

Little Women

We'll all grow up one day, Meg. We might as well know what we want.
- Amy

Jo. Such a little name for... such a person.
-Friedrich

Oh, Jo. Jo, you have so many extraordinary gifts; how can you expect to lead an ordinary life? You're ready to go out and - and find a good use for your talent. Tho' I don't know what I shall do without my Jo. Go, and embrace your liberty. And see what wonderful things come of it.
-Marmee

Butter! Oh isn't butter divinity?
- Amy

I won't have my girls being silly about boys.
- Marmee