I do know my own mind,' protested Anne. 'The trouble is, my mind changes and then I have to get acquainted with it all over again.

It does not do to laugh at the pangs of youth. They are very terrible because youth has not yet learned that 'this, too, will pass away.

Houses are like people - some you like and some you don't like - and once in a while there is one you love.

Fairyland is the loveliest word because it means everything the human heart desires.

You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair," said Anne reproachfully. "People who haven't red hair don't know what trouble is.

It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.

Don't try to write anything you can't feel - it will be a failure - 'echoes nothing worth