I shall give life here my best, and I believe it will give its best to me in return.

Fear is a confession of weakness. What you fear is stronger than you, or you think it is, else you wouldn't be afraid of it.

It’s so much more romantic to end a story up with a funeral than a wedding.

Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.

I can't cheer up — I don't want to cheer up. It's nicer to be miserable!

Do you know what I think Mayflowers are, Marilla? I think they must be the souls of the flowers that died last summer, and this is their heaven.

I feel as if I had opened a book and found roses of yesterday sweet and fragrant, between its leaves.