Don't you ever imagine things differently than what they are? Oh, Marilla, how much you miss.

Rilla's heart skipped a beat — or, if that be a physiological impossibility, she thought it did.

Life is worth living as long as there's a laugh in it.

I know I chatter on far too much... but if you only knew how many things I want to say and don't. Give me SOME credit.

Jane's stories are extremely sensible. Then Diana puts too many murders into hers. She says most of the time she doesn't know what to do with the people so she kills them off to get rid of them.

All life lessons are not learned at college,'she thought. Life teaches them everywhere.

I do know my own mind,' protested Anne. 'The trouble is, my mind changes and then I have to get acquainted with it all over again.