I'm just tired of everything…even of the echoes. There is nothing in my life but echoes…echoes of lost hopes and dreams and joys. They're beautiful and mocking.

…I'm so thankful for friendship. It beautifies life so much.

Gossip lies nine times and tells a half truth the tenth.

But really, Marilla, one can't stay sad very long in such an interesting world, can one?

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

The world is always young again for just a few moments at the dawn.

Dear old world', she murmured, 'you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.