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

Behind them in the garden the little stone house brooded among the shadows. It was lonely but not forsaken. It had not yet done with dreams and laughter and the joy of life; there were to be future summers for the little stone house; meanwhile, it could wait. And over the river in purple durance the echoes bided their time.

I wish we could see perfumes as well as smell them. I'm sure they would be very beautiful.

There isn't any such thing as an ordinary life. (92)

Make a little room in your plans for romance again, Anne, girl. All the degrees and scholarships in the world can’t make up for the lack of it. ~Aunt Josephine to Anne in Anne Of Green Gables

We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.

I've always held that early marriage is a sure indication of second-rate goods that had to be sold in a hurry." - Martin Harris