"Oh, Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them," exclaimed Anne. "You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them. Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.' But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.".

Anne "felt instinctively" that romance was peeping at her around a corner.

But was anything in life, Anne asked herself wearily, like one's imagination of it?

Snow in April is abominable," said Anne. "Like a slap in the face when you expect a kiss.

You are the only person who loves me in the world," said Elizabeth. "When you talk to me I smell violets.

A plate of apples, an open fire, and a jolly good book are a fair substitute for heaven.

"Oh, Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them," exclaimed Anne. "You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them. Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.' But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.".