A plate of apples, an open fire, and a jolly good book are a fair substitute for heaven.

Anne Shirley. Anne with an "e.

Words aren't made — they grow,' said Anne.

I heard someone say once that the years from fifteen to nineteen are the best years in a girl's life.

A child that has a quick temper, just blaze up and cool down, ain't never likely to be sly or deceitful.

That's a lovely idea, Diana,' said Anne enthusiastically. 'Living so that you beautify your name, even if it wasn't beautiful to begin with…making it stand in people's thoughts for something so lovely and pleasant that they never think of it by itself. Thank you, Diana.

Yes, it's beautiful,' said Gilbert, looking steadily down into Anne's uplifted face, 'but wouldn't it have been more beautiful still, Anne, if there had been no separation or misunderstanding . . . if they had come hand in hand all the way through life, with no memories behind them but those which belonged to each other?