It's dreadful what little things lead people to misunderstand each other.

Why is it that the nicest things never are healthy?

After all, what could you expect from a pig but a grunt?

Anybody is liable to rheumatism in her legs, Anne. It's only old people who should have rheumatism in their souls, though. Thanks goodness, I never have. When you get rheumatism in your soul you might as well go and pick out your coffin.

It's so dreadful to have nothing to love - life is so empty - and there's nothing worse than emptiness.

That's one splendid thing about such affairs — it's so lovely to look back to them.

Well now, I'd rather have you than a dozen boys, Anne,' said Matthew patting her hand. 'Just mind you that — rather than a dozen boys. Well now, I guess it wasn't a boy that took the Avery scholarship, was it? It was a girl — my girl — my girl that I'm proud of.