...the sorrows God sent us brought comfort and strength with them, while the sorrows we brought on ourselves, through folly or wickedness, were by far the hardest to bear.

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

Twilight drops her curtain down, and pins it with a star.

But if you call me Anne, please call me Anne with an 'e'.

It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?

When one great passion seizes possession of the soul all other feelings are crowded out.

How sadly things had changed since she had sat there the night after coming home! Then she had been full of hope and joy and the future had looked rosy with promise. Anne felt as if she had lived years since then, but before she went to bed there was a smile on her lips and peace in her heart. She had looked her duty courageously in the face and found it a friend--as duty ever is when we meet it frankly.