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.

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

Don't you know that it is only very foolish folk who talk sense all the time?

Anne came dancing home in the purple winter twilight across the snowy places.

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

If you can't be cheerful, be as cheerful as you can.

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