Little Women Movie Quotes
Beth March
You're old enough now to leave off boyish tricks and behave better, Josephine. Now you are so tall and turn up your hair, you must remember you're a young lady.
Jo March
No, l'm not. And if turning up my hair makes me so, l'll wear it down till l'm a hundred!
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Marmee March
So you're going to Washington?
Old Man
Yes, ma'am; my son is sick in the hospital there.
Marmee March
Oh, this will be an anxious Christmas for you.
Marmee March
[finding him a coat]
I think this one will do; let's try this. Is it your only son?
Old Man
No, ma'am. I had four; two were killed, one is a prisoner.
Marmee March
[deeply moved]
You've done a great deal for your country, sir.
Old Man
Oh, not a mite more than I ought, ma'am. I'd go myself if I was any use. Thank you for the overcoat.
Marmee March
Wait a minute...
Marmee March
[giving him some money]
I hope you find him better.
Old Man
Thank you, ma'am. God bless you; merry Christmas. Merry Christmas!
Marmee March
Merry Christmas!
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Laurie
[seeing Jo's short haircut]
Christopher Colombus.
Jo March
Well, it's boyish, becoming, and easy to keep in order.
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[last lines]
Prof. Bhaer
Oh, please, please... just, just one moment, before... I have a wish to ask you something. Would you... Oh, I-I... I have no courage to think that... but, but, but, could I dare hope that... I? I... I know I, I shouldn't make so free as to ask. I have nothing to give, but my heart so full and... and these empty hands.
Prof. Bhaer
Oh, heart's dearest!
[they embrace]
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Amy March
l'm sure neither of you suffer as l do. You don't have to go to that nasty old Davis' school with impertinent girls who laugh at you and label your father 'cause he isn't rich.
Jo March
''*Libel*.'' Libel. Don't say ''label'' as if Papa were a pickle bottle.
Amy March
I know what I mean. And you needn't be statirical about it.
[Jo suppresses a laugh at Amy's mispronunciation]
Amy March
It's proper to use good words and improve your vocabillary.
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Jo March
Mother, I want to go away. I mean, just for a little while. I don't know. I feel restless and anxious to be doing something. I'd like to hop a little way and try my wings.
Marmee March
Where would you hop?
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Aunt March
You seem to forget waiting cabs cost money. That's the trouble with folks who never had anything. Easy come, easy go.
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Prof. Bhaer
Miss March, please. I am so sorry. I didn't want to hurt you. I wanted to help you. What a blundering fool I am.
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Aunt March
lt isn't preachers that are going to win this war. lt's fighters!
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Aunt March
Hold your tongue, you disrespectful old bird!
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Jo March
If I can't stand the truth, I'm not worth anything.
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Beth March
How does it start, Jo? With a sort of a headache and sore throat and queer feelings all over?
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Beth March
Amy, your absurd words are as bad as Jo's slang. Your airs are funny now, but you'll grow into an affected little goose unless you take care.
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Jo March
Think of all the wonderful things you are going to see: the Turners, the Raphaels, and the Leonardos.
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Jo March
l like good strong words that mean something.
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Aunt March
Did you clean Polly's cage today?
Jo March
Yes, Aunty.
Aunt March
Did you wash those teacups and put them away carefully?
Jo March
Yes, Aunty.
Aunt March
You didn't break any?
Jo March
No, Aunty.
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Amy March
Well, you'd never be thought so with your slang.
Jo March
l hope not. l don't want to be elegant.
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Amy March
lt makes my knees chatter just to look at him.
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Meg March
l'm sure Marmee would approve if l got some new gloves. l've darned my old ones until l can hardly get them on. She always says a real lady is known by her neat gloves and boots.
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Jo March
Let's each buy what we want and have a little fun.
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Meg March
lf Jo is a tomboy and Amy's a goose, what am l, please?
Beth March
You're a dear and nothing else.
Jo March
We're three ungrateful wretches who don't deserve you.
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Marmee March
Do you remember how you used to play "Pilgrim's Progress" when you were little things?
Jo March
l can see us all now with your ragbags tied over our backs for burdens.
Marmee March
You have real burdens now, instead of ragbags.
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Amy March
You needn't whistle like a boy.
Jo March
That's why l do it!
[whistles]
Amy March
Oh l detest rude, unladylike girls.
Jo March
And l hate affected, niminy-piminy chicks!
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Marmee March
l have a treat for you.
Meg March
A letter from Father?
Jo March
Three cheers for Father!
Marmee March
"Give them all my dear love and a kiss. Tell them l know they will remember all l 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 l come back to them, l may be fonder and prouder than ever of my little women."
Amy March
l - I am a selfish girl, but l'll truly try to be better and not waste my time in school, so that Father may not be disappointed in me.
Jo March
l'll try and be what he loves to call me, "a little woman", and not be rough and wild, and do my duty here at home instead of always wanting to go to war to help Father.
Beth March
l'm not going to be envious anymore, if l can help it.
Marmee March
Now, we'll save the rest till after tea, for it's such a lovely long letter. l know everybody must be hungry.
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Jo March
l give you leave to look as much as you like. l wish instead of just peeping, you'd come over and see us. We'd have jolly times together.
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Jo March
The boy put it into his head, l know he did. He looks like a capital fellow and l'm dying to get acquainted. l'm going to, too.
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Jo March
My sister, Meg, sent you some of her blancmange. lt's soft and will slide down easily without hurting your throat.
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Jo March
You're some pumpkins, Amy.
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Amy March
I'd like to tell Jenny Snow all the pretty clothes l used to wear.
Jo March
l can tell her. Diapers!
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Marmee March
Hold your tongue, Miss Baby.
Jo March
l'll be as prim as l can be and not get into any scrapes, if l can help it.
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Beth March
Oh, that beautiful piano. lt's as big as our kitchen.
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Laurie
l'm sorry. l forgot you were a girl and l'm afraid l got a bit too rough.
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Jo March
You see, l have a bad trick of standing in front of the fire and l scorched my frock and l burned this one.
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Meg March
And, Jo, dear, do behave nicely and don't put your hands behind your back.
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Jo March
He'd better keep away from me or l'll tell him what l think of him - trying to break up other people's happiness and spoil all their fun.
Laurie
lt doesn't spoil any fun. lt makes it twice as good. You'll find out when someone falls in love with you. Soft summer day. Sun setting through the trees. Your lover's arms stealing around you.
Jo March
l'd like to see anybody try it.
Laurie
Would you?
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Jo March
What a blunderbuss l am.
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Jo March
You're a trump!
Laurie
And l think you're just perfectly splendid.
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Laurie
Isn't it romantic?
Jo March
''Romantic''? Rubbish! l never heard of anything so horrid. l wish you hadn't told me. Of all the sickly sentimental... Oh, why do things always have to change just when they're perfect?
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Jo March
You'd better vamoose before she catches you.
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Laurie
You're a fine one. l thought we weren't to have any secrets from each other.
Jo March
Well, this is altogether different. l beg your pardon.
Laurie
Of course, it's different. Just like a *girl*. Can't keep an agreement.
Jo March
Oh, bilge!
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Jo March
You won't tease me about it in private?
Laurie
l never tease. Fire away!
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Laurie
You'll be sorry. l was going to tell you something very plummy. A secret. All about people you know - and such fun.
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Laurie
Hannah's here.
Meg March
ls it that late?
Laurie
Time slips away.
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Jo March
Are you expecting someone?
Meg March
Why, no. What do you mean?
Jo March
Meg. Meg, why can't we stay as we are? Do you have to go and fall in love and spoil all our peace and fun and happy times together? You're not like your old self a bit. And you're getting so far away from me.
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Aunt March
I'm only thinking of your own good, Margaret. You should make a rich match to help your family. This rude person has no money! No position in life.
Meg March
Oh, but that doesn't mean he never will have.
Aunt March
Oh! So he's counting on *my* money. He knows you've got rich relatives.
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Jo March
Oh, I beg your pardon, but you're such a dear. I couldn't help flying at you.
Laurie
Fly at me again. I rather like it.
Jo March
Laurie, you're so silly.
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Jo March
Where are you going?
Laurie
To the devil - and I hope you'll be sorry.
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Marmee March
Don't be surprised, dear. Mothers have to have sharp eyes - especially when their daughters keep their troubles to themselves.
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Jo March
I can't. Oh, Laurie, I'm sorry. So *desperately* sorry.
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Meg March
My John wouldn't marry for money any more than I would. I'm not afraid of being poor. And I know we shall be happy because John loves me and - and I love him!
Aunt March
Hoity-toity! You remember this, young lady: If you marry this rook or hook or crook, he'll take care of you. Not one penny of my money will he get.
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Jo March
He's got a foolish romantic notion in his head - and I think if I go away for a time, he may get over it.
Marmee March
I see. And how do you feel about this: "foolish romantic notion"?
Jo March
I love him dearly, as I always have. And I feel as though I've stabbed my dearest friend. And yet, I don't want to make a mistake.
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Mamie
He's a professor, see? You know, learns 'em how they talk in foreign countries. I don't know what good it does 'em when they're livin' right here.
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Jo March
Laurie in New York? And didn't come to see me?
Aunt March
I'm sure you can't blame him after the way you picked up and trotted off without so much as saying goodbye to any of us. I think you've treated everybody shamefully.
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Jo March
All right, children, that will be all for today. Now run along and wash your hands and faces for tea.
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Jo March
Everything seems to come at once. The rest doesn't matter so much. I can bear that. But Laurie, I can never get over Laurie.
Prof. Bhaer
Herr Laurie, your friend. Something has happened to him?
Jo March
Yes. Oh, no, no, no. Something's happened to me. He came to New York - and he didn't even come to see me.
Prof. Bhaer
What a fool he must be.
Jo March
Oh, no. No, it's my fault. But I thought that - oh, what does it matter what I thought? I've made a mess of it as I do of everything.
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Prof. Bhaer
I say to you: sweep mud on the street first, before you are false to that talent. Say to yourself: I will never write one single line which I have not heard in my own heart. Say to yourself: while I am young, I will write these simple, beautiful things that I understand now. Maybe later, when I am a little older and I have felt life more, then I will write about these poor wretches, but I will make them live and breathe like my Shakespeare did. Will you do that, my little friend?
Jo March
Yes, I'll try. But I don't think I'll ever be a Shakespeare, do you?
Prof. Bhaer
But you can be a Josephine March. And I assure you that is plenty.
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Jo March
She was divine. Oh! Oh, I don't want to be a writer anymore. I want to be a wonderful singer and thrill thousands of people so that they cheer and throw flowers at me - like that.
Prof. Bhaer
Bravo. Bravo. But I wouldn't make up my mind so soon, because at the art museum you wanted to be a sculptress and at the circus you thought the bareback rider was the most beautiful thing in the world.
Jo March
I know, but to *sing* like that!
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Beth March
Oh, Jo, to think you're home. If Amy were here, we'd all be together.
Jo March
She'll be home in the Spring, darling. And I'm going to have you all well and rosy by then.
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Jo March
Darling. To think that only yesterday we were pulling our hair and buttoning pinafores. And now she's a grown-up married lady with a bustle.
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Beth March
Poor Jo, you mustn't be afraid. Doesn't that sound funny, me saying that to you, when you've always said it to me? You've always reminded me of a seagull, Jo, strong and wild - and fond of the wind and the storm, dreaming of flying far out to sea. And Mother always said that - I was like a little cricket, chirping contentedly on the hearth, never able to bear the thought of - leaving home. But now, it's different. I can't express it very well. I shouldn't try to, to anyone but you. Because, I can't speak out to anyone but my Jo. I'm not afraid anymore. I'm learning that I don't lose you, that you'll be more to me than ever - and nothing can part us, though it seems to. Oh, Jo. I think I'll be homesick for you - even in heaven.
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Jo March
We never can be boy and girl again, Laurie. Those happy old times can't come back. We shouldn't expect them to. We're man and woman now, we can't be playmates any longer.
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Jo March
I am lonely and maybe if Laurie had come back I might've said yes. Not because I love him any differently, but because it means more to me now to be loved than it used to.
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Beth March
Little tiny pussy, l'll tell you a long story.
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Beth March
Marmee said we ought not to spend money for pleasure when our men are suffering so in the Army.
Jo March
A dollar couldn't do the Army much good
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Prof. Bhaer
The words are by Goethe. Do you speak German?
[Jo shakes her head no]
Prof. Bhaer
Oh, well, then I'd better give it to you in English. Let me see now.
[sits own at the piano]
Prof. Bhaer
Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt. Ya, ya.
[starts to play]
Prof. Bhaer
"Only who knows what longing is, Can know what I suffer, Alone and parted far from joy and gladness, My senses fail, A burning fire devours me..."
Jo March
"My senses fail , A burning fire devours me" I know how he felt.
Prof. Bhaer
Tchaikovsky did, also. That's why he wrote this beautiful, heartbreaking music.
Jo March
Oh, if only I could write something like that. Something splendid that would set other hearts on fire.
Prof. Bhaer
That is genius.
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Amy March
It gives me the shivers. l'm pins and needles all over.
Meg March
lt's so exciting!
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Jo March
[finishing writing a document]
There, l've done my best. lf that won't do, l'll have to wait until l can do better.
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Meg March
l've never been so embarrassed in my life. When will you stop your childish romping ways?
Jo March
Not until l'm old and stiff and have to use a crutch.
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Marmee March
I want to carry away a picture in my mind of my brave little women to take to Father. Goodbye, my darlings.
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Marmee March
Meg, dear, watch over your sisters. Be patient, Jo. Don't do anything rash. Beth, dear, help all you can. Amy, be obedient.
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Hannah
Ms. March! Ms. March. lt's one of them telegraph things, ma'am.
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Laurie
I got fidgety.
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