I'm afraid our old world has come to an end, Rilla. We've got to face the fact. (Walter)
Lucy Maud MontgomeryWhen I read that the flash came, and I took a sheet of paper. . .and I wrote on it: I, Emily Byrd Starr, do solemnly vow this day that I will climb the Alpine Path and write my name on the scroll of fame.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryWhy, I've never even had a quarrel with any one. I haven't an enemy. What a spineless thing I must be not to have even one enemy!
Lucy Maud MontgomeryI'd like to add some beauty to life," said Anne dreamily. "I don't exactly want to make people KNOW more... though I know that IS the noblest ambition... but I'd love to make them have a pleasanter time because of me... to have some little joy or happy thought that would never have existed if I hadn't been born.
Lucy Maud Montgomery