Thought for Tuesday

"Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable." Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott born November 29, 1832 died March 6 1888

I have always enjoyed her book Little Women.  I read it to the girls when they were young.   Here is a bit, from the end of the book.

Jo couldn't even lose her heart in a decorous manner, but sternly tried to quench her feelings, and failing to do so, led a somewhat agitated life. She was mortally afraid of being laughed at for surrendering, after her many and vehement declarations of independence. Laurie was her especial dread, but thanks to the new manager, he behaved with praiseworthy propriety, never called Mr. Bhaer `a capital old fellow' in public, never alluded, in the remotest manner, to Jo's improved appearance, or expressed the least surprise at seeing the Professor's hat on the Marches' table nearly every evening. But he exulted in private and longed for the time to come when he could give Jo a piece of plate, with a bear and a ragged staff on it as an appropriate coat of arms.