Oh, of course there's a risk in marrying anybody, but, when it's all said and done, there's many a worse thing than a husband.

I'd like to add some beauty to life," said Anne dreamily. "I don't exactly want to make people KNOW more... though I know that IS the noblest ambition... but I'd love to make them have a pleasanter time because of me... to have some little joy or happy thought that would never have existed if I hadn't been born.

Steal not this book for fear of shame For on it is the owners name And when you die the Lord will say Where is the book you stole away And when you say you do not know The Lord will say go down below.

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

It's the worst kind of cruelty — the thoughtless kind. You can't cope with it.

I like to hear a storm at night. It is so cosy to snuggle down among the blankets and feel that it can't get at you.

brains last, beauty doesn't.