Little Women

Quotes: « Jo March: Women, they have minds, and they have souls, as well as just hearts. And they've got ambition, and they've got talent, as well as just beauty. I'm so sick of people saying that love is just all a woman is fit for. I'm so sick of it. » [Almost crying] « Jo March: But I'm so lonely… » « Amy March: I believe we have some power over who we love. It isn't something that just happens to a person. » « Theodore 'Laurie' Laurence: I think the poets might disagree. » « Amy March: Well, I'm not a poet. I'm just a woman. And as a woman, there's no way for me to make my own money. Not enough to earn a living or support my family. And if I had my own money, which I don't, that money would belong to my husband the moment we got married. And if we had children, they would be his, not mine. They would be his property. So don't sit there and tell me that marriage isn't an economic proposition because it is. It may not be for you, but it most certainly is for me. » « Meg March: I can't believe today is my wedding day! » « Jo March: Me neither. » « Meg March: What's wrong? » « Jo March: Nothing. » « Meg March: Jo… » « Jo March: We can leave. We can leave right now. » « Meg March: What? » « Jo March: I can make money: I'll sell stories, I'll do anything – cook, clean, work in a factory. I can make a life for us. » « Meg March: But, Jo… » « Jo March: And you, you should be an actress and have a life on the stage. Let's run away together. » « Meg March: I want to get married. » « Jo March: Why? » « Meg March: I love him. » « Jo March: You will be bored of him in two years and we will be interesting forever. » « Meg March: Just because my dreams are different than yours doesn't mean they're unimportant. I want a home and a family and I'm willing to work and struggle, but I want to do it with John. » « Jo March: I just hate that you're leaving me. Don't leave. » « Meg March: Oh, Jo, I'm not leaving you. Besides, one day it will be your turn. » « Jo March: I'd rather be a free spinster and paddle my own canoe. I would. I can't believe childhood is over. » « Meg March: It was going to end one way or another. And what a happy end. »