Little Women (Little Women, #1)

by Louisa May Alcott

It’s bad enough to be a girl,

Yeah It's true unfortunately

“I don’t see how you can write and act such splendid things, Jo. You’re a regular Shakespeare!”

“Give them all of my dear love and a kiss. Tell them I think of them by day, pray for them by night, and find my best comfort in their affection at all times. A year seems very long to wait before I see them, but remind them that while we wait we may all work, so that these hard days need not be wasted. I know they will remember all I said to them, that they will be loving children to you, will do their duty faithfully, fight their bosom enemies bravely, and conquer themselves so beautifully that when I come back to them I may be fonder and prouder than ever of my little women.”

and then the rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned,

And when they went away, leaving comfort behind, I think there were not in all the city four merrier people than the hungry little girls who gave away their breakfasts

It was excellent drill for their memories,