“ Oh, it's delightful to have ambitions. I'm so glad I have such a lot. And there never seems to be any end to them-- that's the best of it. Just as soon as you attain to one ambition you see another on… L. M. Montgomery
“ Anyhow, there'll be plenty of jam in heaven, that's one comfort, he said complacently.Perhaps there will...if we want it, she said, But what makes you think so?Why, it's in the catechism, said Davy. L. M. Montgomery
“ Oh, what I know about myself isn't really worth telling, said Anne eagerly. If you'll only let me tell you what I imagine about myself you'll think it ever so much more interesting. L. M. Montgomery
“ Il guaio delle fantasticherie è che arriva sempre il momento in cui bisogna cancellarle. Ed è un gran brutto momento. L. M. Montgomery
“ Few things in Avonlea ever escaped Mrs. Lynde. It was only that morning Anne had said, If you went to your own room at midnight, locked the door, pulled down the blind, and sneezed, Mrs. Lynde would a… L. M. Montgomery
“ But of course I'd rather be Anne of Green Gables sewing patchwork than Anne of any other place with nothing to do but play. L. M. Montgomery
“ Anyone who has gumption knows what it is and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is. L. M. Montgomery
“ Mrs Lynde says, Blessed are they who expect nothing, for they shall not be disappointed. But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed. L. M. Montgomery
“ I’ve had a splendid time and I feel that it marks an epoch in my life. But the best of it all was the coming home. L. M. Montgomery
“ But the worst of imagining things is that the time comes when you have to stop and that hurts. L. M. Montgomery
“ Some people go through life trying to find out what the world holds for them only to find out too late that it's what they bring to the world that really counts. L. M. Montgomery
“ Long after Pacifiique's gay whistle had faded into the phantom of music and then into silence far up under the maples of Lover's Lane Anne stood under the willows, tasting the poignant sweetness of li… L. M. Montgomery
“ It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will. L. M. Montgomery
“ I foresee that I shall have my hands full. Well, well, we can't get through this world without our share of trouble. L. M. Montgomery
“ Let me remind you that the measure of any one’s freedom is what he can do without. L. M. Montgomery
“ Dora is too good, said Anne. She’d behave just as well if there wasn’t a soul to tell her what to do. She was born already brought up, so she doesn’t need us; and I think, concluded Anne, hitting on a… L. M. Montgomery
“ I'd like to add some beauty to life . . . I'd love for people to have some little joy or happy thought that would never have existed if I hadn't been born. L. M. Montgomery