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

But feeling is so different from knowing. My common sense tells me all you can say, but there are times when common sense has no power over me. Common nonsense takes possession of my soul.

To dispair is to turn your back on God.

There isn't any such thing as an ordinary life. (92)

Maples are such sociable trees ... They're always rustling and whispering to you.

That doesn't sound very attractive," laughed Anne. "I like people to have a little nonsense about them.

I'm so glad my window looks east into the sunrising- It's so splendid to see the morning coming up over those long hills and glowing through those sharp fir tops. It's new every morning, and I feel as if I washed my very soul in that bath of earliest sunshine.