She had looked her duty courageously in the face and found it a friend - as duty ever is when we meet it frankly.

I am well in body although considerably rumpled up in spirit, thank you, ma'am,' said Anne gravely. Then aside to Marilla in an audible whisper, 'There wasn't anything startling in that, was there, Marilla?

All in all, it was a never-to-be-forgotten summer — one of those summers which come seldom into any life, but leave a rich heritage of beautiful memories in their going — one of those summers which, in a fortunate combination of delightful weather, delightful friends and delightful doing, come as near to perfection as anything can come in this world.

If we don't chase things, sometimes the things following us can catch up." -L.M. Montgomery

It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.

Do you think amethysts can be the souls of good violets?

It’s so much more romantic to end a story up with a funeral than a wedding.