I've loved you ever since that day you broke your slate over my head in school.

Some people go through life trying to find out what the world holds for them only to find out too late that it's what they bring to the world that really counts.

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

The only thing I envy about a cat is its purr," remarked Dr. Blythe once, listening to Doc's resonant melody. "It is the most contented sound in the world.

The world calls them its singers and poets and artists and storytellers; but they are just people who have never forgotten the way to fairyland.

I couldn't live where there were no trees--something vital in me would starve.

Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn’t can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it.