When I think something nice is going to happen I seem to fly right up on the wings of anticipation; and then the first thing I realize I drop down to earth with a thud. But really, Marilla, the flying part is glorious as long as it lasts. . . it's like soaring through a sunset. I think it almost pays for the thud.

You can't have many exclamation points left,' thought Anne, 'but no doubt the supply of italics is inexhaustible.

To dispair is to turn your back on God.

There is another bend in the road after this. No one knows what will happen.

Plum puffs can't minister to a mind diseased or a world that's crumbling to pieces

Oh, sometimes I think it is of no use to make friends. They only go out of your life after awhile and leave a hurt that is worse than the emptiness before they came.

A bosom friend - an intimate friend, you know - a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost soul.