Have you ever noticed how many silences there are Gilbert? The silence of the woods....of the shore....of the meadows....of the night....of the summer afternoon. All different because the undertones that thread them are different.

let's not borrow trouble. The rate of interest is too high.

Having adventures comes natural to some people", said Anne serenely. "You just have a gift for them or you haven't.

It was three o'clock in the morning – the wisest and most accursed hour of the clock. But sometimes it sets us free.

Welcome, Anne. I thought you'd come today. You belong to the afternoon so it brought you. Things that belong together are sure to come together. What a lot of trouble that would save some people if they only knew it. But they don't...and so they waste beautiful energy moving heaven and earth to bring things together that don't belong.

No use in taking a cat's opinion of a dog.

I love to smell flowers in the dark," she said. "You get hold of their soul then.