She asked me what made me do such a thing. That is an awkward question because I often can't tell what makes me do things. Sometimes I do them just to find out what I feel like doing them. And sometimes I do them because I want to have some exciting things to tell my grandchildren.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryโYou 're not eating anything,โ said Marilla sharply, eying her as if it were a serious shortcoming. Anne sighed. โI can 't. I'm in the depths of despair. Can you eat when you are in the depths of despair?โ
Lucy Maud MontgomeryWhen people ask me what on earth I want to keep two cats for I tell them I keep them to do my resting for me.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryAnneโs horizons had closed in since the night she had sat there after coming home from Queenโs; but if the path set before her feet was to be narrow she knew that flowers of quiet happiness would bloom along it. The joys of sincere work and worthy aspiration and congenial friendship were to be hers; nothing could rob her of her birthright of fancy or her ideal world of dreams. And there was always the bend in the road!
Lucy Maud Montgomery