There is nothing more aggravating than a man who won't talk back - unless it is a woman who won't.

He had also the reputation of being a bit of a lady killer. But that probably accrued to him from his possession of a laughing, velvety voice which no girl could hear without a heartbeat, and a dangerous way of listening as if she were saying something that he had longed all his life to hear.

Make a little room in your plans for romance again, Anne, girl. All the degrees and scholarships in the world can’t make up for the lack of it. ~Aunt Josephine to Anne in Anne Of Green Gables

[Anne, commenting on city life] "I think I would probably come to the conclusion that I'd like it for a while... but in the end, I'd still prefer the sound of the wind in the firs across the brook more than the tinkling of crystal.

It is when my umbrella turns inside out that I am convinced of the total depravity of inanimate things.

God's in His heaven, alls right with the world', whispered Anne softly.

Oh Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them," exclaimed Anne.