Look at that sea, girls--all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen. We couldn't enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds.

Diana: "I wish I were rich, and I could spend the whole summer at a hotel, eating ice cream and chicken salad." Anne: "You know something, Diana? We are rich. We have sixteen years to our credit, and we both have wonderful imaginations. We should be as happy as queens." [gestures to the setting sun] Anne Shirley: "Look at that. You couldn't enjoy its loveliness more if you had ropes of diamonds.

I've always held that early marriage is a sure indication of second-rate goods that had to be sold in a hurry." - Martin Harris

Nathan always believed his wife was trying to poison him but he didn't seem to mind. He said it made life kind of exciting.

Cakes have such a terrible habit of turning out bad just when you especially want them to be good.

There is so much in the world for us all if we only have the eyes to see it, and the heart to love it, and the hand to gather it to ourselves--so much in men and women, so much in art and literature, so much everywhere in which to delight, and for which to be thankful.

If we don't chase things, sometimes the things following us can catch up." -L.M. Montgomery