It's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it?

You noticed that I wore this outfit twice? Why, the only thing you wear twice is a sour expression.

That's the worst…or the best…of real life, Anne. It won't let you be miserable. It keeps on trying to make you comfortable…and succeeding…even when you're determined to be unhappy and romantic.

But just think what a dull world it would be if everyone was sensible,' pleaded Anne.

There is no such thing as freedom on earth," he said. "Only different kinds of bondages. And comparative bondages. YOU think you are free now because you've escaped from a peculiarly unbreakable kind of bondage. But are you? You love me - THAT'S a bondage.

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.

Anne laughed and sighed. She felt very old and mature and wise — which showed how young she was.