It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.

Here sat Marilla Cuthbert, when she sat at all, slightly distrustful of sunshine, which seemed to her too dancing and irresponsible a thing for a world which was meant to be taken seriously.

Red hair is my life long sorrow.

Those who can soar to the highest heights can also plunge to the deepest depths and the natures which enjoy most keenly are those which also suffer most sharply.

There isn't any such thing as an ordinary life. (92)

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.

brains last, beauty doesn't.