Laura Dern credited as playing...
Marmee March
- Jo March: Perhaps... perhaps I was too quick in turning him down. Laurie.
- Marmee March: Do you love him?
- Jo March: If he asked me again, I think I would say yes. Do you think he'll ask me again?
- Marmee March: But do you love him?
- Jo March: I care more to be loved. I want to be loved.
- Marmee March: That is not the same as loving.
- Marmee March: [reading Father March's letter] Give them all 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 a very long time 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 be loving children to you, do their duty faithfully, fight their 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.
- Theodore 'Laurie' Laurence: That's my grandfather. Are you scared of him?
- Jo March: I'm not scared of anyone! He looks stern, but my grandfather was much more handsome.
- Marmee March: Jo! We do not compare grandfathers!
- Jo March: If she had died, it would've been my fault.
- Marmee March: She will be fine, the doctor said he didn't even think she'd catch cold.
- Jo March: What is wrong with me? I've made so many resolutions and written sad notes and cried over my sins, but it just doesn't seem to help. When I get in a passion, I get so savage I could hurt anyone and I'd enjoy it.
- Marmee March: You remind me of myself.
- Jo March: But you're never angry.
- Marmee March: I'm angry nearly every day of my life.
- Jo March: You are?
- Marmee March: I'm not patient by nature, but with nearly forty years of effort I'm learning to not let it get the better of me.
- Jo March: I'll do the same, then.
- Marmee March: I hope you'll do a great deal better than me. There are some natures too noble to curb and too lofty to bend.
- Jo March: When is Amy coming home?
- Marmee March: We didn't want to worry her.
- Jo March: Does she not know?
- Meg March: Beth insisted we not tell her because she didn't want to ruin Amy's trip.
- Jo March: Amy has always had a talent for getting out of the hard parts of life.
- Marmee March: Jo, don't be angry with your sister...
- Amy March: I'm sorry, Jo.
- Marmee March: Amy...
- Amy March: It's just that the only thing you care about is your writing so it's not as if I could hurt you by ruining one of your dresses. And I really did want to hurt you. I am the most sorry for it now. I'm so sorry.
- Marmee March: Jo, don't let the sun go down on your anger. Forgive her. Help each other, and you begin again tomorrow.
- Jo March: She doesn't deserve my forgiveness. I will hate her! I will hate her forever!
- Marmee March: I've spent my whole life ashamed of my country.
- Susan Robbins: No offense meant, but you should still be ashamed.
- Marmee March: Just be who you are - and wear this to the ball. It was mine when I was your age. I've never understood saving jewelry until marriage. You should have something that's just yours. Pretty things should be enjoyed.
- Meg March: Yes, pretty things should be enjoyed.
- Marmee March: Where did you get the money?
- Jo March: I only sold what was my own.
- [removes her hat to reveal her long hair is gone]
- Meg March: Jo!
- Beth March: Your hair!
- Amy March: Your one beauty!
- Hannah: You look like a boy.
- Jo March: It doesn't affect the fate of the nation, so don't wail.
- Friedrich Bhaer: I thought I might go West. It is new there and they are less particular about immigrants.
- Father March: Perhaps I should go West.
- Marmee March: You're not an immigrant, so perhaps you should stay home.