Louisa May Alcott

with a shy man­ner, a timid voice, and a peace­ful ex­pres­sion, which was sel­dom dis­turbed.

“I don’t think it’s fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls noth­ing at all,”

“I de­test rude, un­la­dy­like girls!”

you are al­to­gether too par­tic­u­lar and prim

which were very much in her way

mag­na­nim­ity

pre­cip­i­tately

ef­fer­ves­cence

“It was an abom­inable thing, and she don’t de­serve to be for­given.”

“My dear, don’t let the sun go down upon your anger; for­give each other, help each other, and be­gin again to­mor­row.”