That doesn't sound very attractive," laughed Anne. "I like people to have a little nonsense about them.

Look at that sea, girls--all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen. We couldn't enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds.

That's all the freedom we canhope for - the freedom to choose our prison. [...]

The little things of life, sweet and excellent in their place, must not be the things lived for; the highest must be sought and followed; the life of heaven must be begun here on earth.

The trouble with you people is that you don't laugh enough.

It was really dreadful to be so different from other people…and yet rather wonderful, too, as if you were a being strayed from another star.

Make a little room in your plans for romance again, Anne, girl. All the degrees and scholarships in the world can’t make up for the lack of it. ~Aunt Josephine to Anne in Anne Of Green Gables