Marmee (Mrs. March)

From Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Marmee is the moral center of the novel, dispensing wisdom and modeling Christian self-control, including her famous confession that she too struggles with anger.
Chapter 8: Jo Meets Apollyon

Marmee's confession to Jo: 'I am angry nearly every day of my life, Jo; but I have learned not to show it.' One of the novel's most quoted passages.

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