She will love deeply--suffer terribly--she will have glorious moments to compensate.

An old house with its windows gone always makes me think of something dead with its eyes picked out.

... we always love best the people who need us.

I have really done so few bad things that they have to keep harping on the old ones [.]

It always amazes me to look at the little, wrinkled brown seeds and think of the rainbows in 'em," said Captain Jim. "When I ponder on them seeds I don't find it nowise hard to believe that we've got souls that'll live in other worlds. You couldn't hardly believe there was life in them tiny things, some no bigger than grains of dust, let alone colour and scent, if you hadn't seen the miracle, could you?

Mrs. Cadbury: Tell me what you know about yourself. Anne Shirley: Well, it really isn't worth telling, Mrs. Cadbury... but if you let me tell you what I IMAGINE about myself you'd find it a lot more interesting.

Wouldn't it be nice if roses could talk? I'm sure they could tell us such lovely things.