Even skeptical Dan prayed, his skepticism falling away from him like a discarded garment in this valley of the shadow, which sifts out hearts and tries souls, until we all, grown-up or children, reali...
Everybody is a little insane on some points
Felicity and Dan began a bickering which they kept up the entire day. Felicity had a natural aptitude for what we called bossing, and in her mother's absence she deemed that she had a right to rule su...
Gilbert put his arm about them. 'Oh, you mothers!' he said. 'You mothers! God knew what He was about when He made you.
Gilbert, having tried to please both sides, succeeded, as is usual and eminently right, in pleasing neither.
Gracious heavenly Father, I thank Thee for the White Way of Delight and the Lake of Shining Waters and Bonny and the Snow Queen. I’m really extremely grateful for them. And that’s all the blessings I...
Having adventures comes natural to some people, said Anne serenely. You just have a gift for them or you haven't.
Having adventures comes naturally to some people. You just have a gift for them or you don’t have - Anne Shirley
He jumped into the pond to drown himself once and then changed his mind and swum out again. Wasn't that like a man?
He never had any sense of decorum … always kissing his wife in the most unsuitable places!' (Are you sure you kiss me in suitable places, Gilbert? I'm afraid Mrs. Gibson would think the nape of the ne...
He pipes—he pipes—and we must follow—Jem and Carl and Jerry and I—round and round the world. Listen— listen—can't you hear his wild music? The girls shivered.
He walked jauntily away, being hungry, and the unfortunate Matthew was left to do that which was harder for him than bearding a lion in its den—walk up to a girl—a strange girl—an orphan girl—and dema...
Herb Spencer’s going
Heretics are wicked, but they're mighty int'resting. It's jest that they've got sorter lost looking for God, being under the impression that He's hard to find - which He ain't never.
Heretics are wicked, but they're mighty int'resting.
His face just looks like one of those long, narrow stones in the graveyard, doesn't it? 'Sacred to the memory' ought to be written on his forehead.
How are you going to find out about things if you don't ask questions?
How dreadful it would be not to love a cat! How much one would miss out of life.
How those girls enjoyed putting their nest in order! As Phil said, it was almost as good as getting married. You had the fun of homemaking without the bother of a husband.
Humor is the spiciest condiment in the feast of existence. Laugh at your mistakes but learn from them, joke over your troubles but gather strength from them, make a jest of your difficulties but overc...
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