The things you wanted so much when you were a child don't seem half so wonderful to you when you get them
The gods, so says the old superstition, do not like to behold too happy mortals. It is certain, at least, that some human beings do not.
The dead will only be dead if you stop remembering them.
The Piper is coming nearer, he said, he is nearer than he was that evening I saw him before. His long, shadowy cloak is blowing around him. He pipes - he pipes - and we must follow - Jem and Carl and...
That is one consolation when you are poor—there are so many more things you can imagine about.
She said that everything had colour in her thought; the months of the year ran through all the tints of the spectrum, the days of the week were arrayed as Solomon in his glory, morning was golden, noo...
Poor soul, she always knew everything about her neighbors, but she never was very well acquainted with herself.
Oh, sometimes I think it is of no use to make friends. They only go out of your life after a while and leave a hurt that is worse than the emptiness before they came.
Oh, of course there's a risk in marrying anybody, but, when it's all said and done, there's many a worse thing than a husband.
Oh, I know I'm a great trial to you, Marilla, said Anne repentantly. I make so many mistakes. But then just think of all the mistakes I don't make, although I might.
Night is beautiful when you are happy--comforting when you are in grief--terrible when you are lonely and unhappy.
Marilla! Anne sat down on Marilla’s gingham lap, took Marilla’s lined face between her hands, and looked gravely and tenderly into Marilla’s eyes. I’m not a bit changed—not really. I’m only just prune...
Look, do you see that poem?' she said suddenly, pointing.
Kindred spirits alone do not change with the changing years.
Its wonderful to have ambition.
It was a pleasure to wonder what her elbows must be like.
Isn’t it splendid there are so many things to like in this world?
Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive—it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we know all about...
I've put out a lot of little roots these two years, Anne told the moon, and when I'm pulled up they're going to hurt a great deal. But it's best to go, I think, and, as Marilla says, there's no good r...
I'm so thankful for friendship. It beautifies life so much.