Nobody is ever too old to dream. And dreams never grow old.

Anne Shirley. Anne with an "e.

I'm afraid to speak or move for fear that all this wonderful beauty will just vanish... like a broken silence.

I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.

True friends are always together in spirit.

Walter's eyes were very wonderful. All the joy and sorrow and laughter and loyalty and aspirations of many generations lying under the sod looked out of their dark-gray depths.

I'd write of people and places like I knew, and I'd make my characters talk everyday English; and I'd let the sun rise and set in the usual quiet way without much fuss over the fact. If I had to have villains at all, I'd give them a chance, Anne--I'd give them a chance. There are some terrible bad men the world, I suppose, but you'd have to go a long piece to find them...But most of us have got a little decency somewhere in us. Keep on writing, Anne.