Besides, I've been feeling a little blue — just a pale, elusive azure. It isn't serious enough for anything darker.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryThat is one good thing about this world - there are always sure to be more springs.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryThere was no mistaking her sincerity--it breathed in every tone of her voice. Both Marilla and Mrs. Lynde recognized its unmistakable ring. But the former understood in dismay that Anne was actually enjoying her valley of humiliation--was reveling in the thoroughness of her abasement. Where was the wholesome punishment upon which she, Marilla, had plumed herself? Anne had turned it into a species of positive pleasure.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryA child that has a quick temper, just blaze up and cool down, ain't never likely to be sly or deceitful.
Lucy Maud Montgomery