I don't believe fine young ladies enjoy themselves a bit more than we do, in spite of our burned hair, old gowns, one glove apiece, and tight slippers that sprain our ankles when we are silly enough to wear them.
Louisa May AlcottTags: classics little-women louisa-may-alcott
They always looked back before turning the corner, for their mother was always at the window to nod and smile, and wave her hand to them. Somehow it seemed as if they couldn't have got through the day without that, for whatever their mood might be, the last glimpse of that motherly face was sure to affect them like sunshine.
Louisa May AlcottTags: classics little-women louisa-may-alcott
Don't play with others, or at one day, you will be played by others.
Usama EjazTags: life inspirational kindness spirituality classics life-lessons be-kind benefit-others
Read the great books, gentlemen,” Mr. Monte said one day. “Just the great ones. Ignore the others. There’s not enough time.
Pat ConroyTags: literature classics great-books
Once upon a time there was a little prince who lived on a planet scarcely bigger than himself and who had need for a friend.
Antoine de Saint-ExupéryTags: classics
Ask not the elves for advice, because they will tell you both 'yes' and 'no'.
J.R.R. TolkienBy the Angel, it just crushed Sophocles," noted Will. "Has no one respect for the classics these days?
Cassandra ClareI'm not Meg tonight, I'm a 'doll'.
Louisa May AlcottTags: classics
There were a few middle-aged and even elderly women in the train, their silver-wiry hair and wrinkled faces, scourged by time and trouble, having almost a grotesque, certainly a pathetic, appearance in such a jaunty situation. In a true view, perhaps, there was more to be gathered and told of each anxious and experienced one, to whom the years were drawing nigh when she should say, 'I have no pleasure in them', than of her juvenile comrades. But let the elder be passed over here for those under whose bodices the life throbbed quick and warm.
Thomas HardyTags: classics
but both their minds tending to the same point—one loving and desiring to esteem, and the other loving and desiring to be esteemed—they contrived in the end to reach it.
Emily BrontëTags: classics
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