I wouldn't want to marry anybody who was wicked, but I think I'd like it if he could be wicked and wouldn't.

But [sorrows] won't get the better of you if you face 'em together with love and trust. You can weather any storm with them two for compass and pilot.

When you've learned to laugh at the things that should be laughed at, and not to laugh at those that shouldn't, you've got wisdom and understanding. -Aunt Jimsie

…always felt the pain of her friends so keenly that she could not speak easy, fluent words of comforting. Besides, she remembered how well-meant speeches had hurt her in her own sorrow and was afraid.

Human nature is not obliged to be consistent.

Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding, I think,' said Anne.

it would be lovely to sleep in a wild cherry-tree all white with bloom in the moonshine