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

You'll never write anything that really satisfies you though it may satisfy other people.

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

I'm not a bit changed - not really. I'm only just pruned down and branched out. The real me - back here - is just the same.

Do you know, Gilbert, there are times when I strongly suspect that I love you!

Life, deal gently with her ... Love, never desert her

Mrs. Cadbury: Tell me what you know about yourself. Anne Shirley: Well, it really isn't worth telling, Mrs. Cadbury... but if you let me tell you what I IMAGINE about myself you'd find it a lot more interesting.