Steal not this book for fear of shame For on it is the owners name And when you die the Lord will say Where is the book you stole away And when you say you do not know The Lord will say go down below.

Yes, it's beautiful,' said Gilbert, looking steadily down into Anne's uplifted face, 'but wouldn't it have been more beautiful still, Anne, if there had been no separation or misunderstanding . . . if they had come hand in hand all the way through life, with no memories behind them but those which belonged to each other?

Anne came dancing home in the purple winter twilight across the snowy places.

I feel as though someone's handed me the moon... and I don't exactly know what to do with it.

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

Houses are like people - some you like and some you don't like - and once in a while there is one you love.

In everything you do aim to excel for what is worth doing is worth doing well