When you've learned to laugh at the things that should be laughed at, and not to laugh at those that shouldn't, you've got wisdom and understanding. -Aunt Jimsie

Ruby Gillis thinks of nothing but young men, and the older she gets the worse she is. Young men are all very well in their place, but it doesn't do to drag them into everything, does it?

Oh, we're very careful, Marilla. And it's so interesting. Two flashes means, "Are you there?" Three means "yes" and four "no." Five means, "Come over as soon as possible, because I have something important to reveal." Diana has just signalled five flashes, and I'm really suffering to know what it is.

Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding, I think,' said Anne.

It's so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn't it?

Anne Shirley. Anne with an "e.

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