Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong.

Anne: "But have you ever noticed one encouraging thing about me, Marilla? I never make the same mistake twice". Marilla: "I don't know as that's much benefit when you're always making new ones".

A favor is never so long-lived as a grudge.

Who would endure life if it were not for the hope of death?

Human nature is not obliged to be consistent.

Don't be led away by those howls about realism. Remember-pine woods are just as real as pigsties and a darn sight pleasanter to be in.

Do you know what I think Mayflowers are, Marilla? I think they must be the souls of the flowers that died last summer, and this is their heaven.