It was not, of course, a proper thing to do. But then I have never pretended, nor will ever pretend, that Emily was a proper child. Books are not written about proper children. They would be so dull n...
It was a pleasure to wonder what her elbows must be like.
It was November—the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines.
I'm really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart.
I don’t want sunbursts and marble halls. I just want you... We’ll just be happy, waiting and working for each other—and dreaming. Oh, dreams will be very sweet now.
I don't think there is much fear of your dying of grief as long as you can talk, Anne, said Marilla unsympathetically.
How quiet the woods are today... not a murmur except that soft wind putting in the treetops! It sounds like surf on a faraway shore. How dear the woods are! You beautiful trees! I love every one of yo...
Do you know, Mrs. Allan, I'm thankful for friendship. It beautifies life so much. True friendship is a very helpful thing indeed, said Mrs. Allan, and we should have a very high ideal of it , and neve...
But I'd rather look like you than be pretty, she told Anne sincerely.Anne laughed, sipped honey from the tribute, and cast away the sting.
You're never safe from being surprised until you're dead.
That water looks as if it was smiling at me
Stoutness and slimness seem to be matters of predestination,
No hay espacio para la imaginación en la geometría.
Never mind Phil and the violets just now, Anne, said Gilbert quietly, taking her hand in a clasp from which she could not free it. There is something I want to say to you. Oh, don't say it, cried Anne...
It might be a nice world if nobody ever said a disagreeable thing, but it would be a dangerous one,
I'm so thankful for friendship. It beautifies life so much.
I'm afraid concerts spoil people for everyday life.
Heaven must be very beautiful, of course, the Bible says so — but, Anne, it won't be what I've been used to.
God is in His heaven. All is right in the world.
Death grows friendlier as we grow older.