I've always held that early marriage is a sure indication of second-rate goods that had to be sold in a hurry." - Martin Harris

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.

When twilight drops her curtain down And pins it with a star Remember that you have a friend Though she may wander far.

I'm always sorry when pleasant things end. Something still pleasanter may come after, but you can never be sure.

…I'm sorry, and a little dissatisfied as well. Miss Stacy told me long ago that by the time I was twenty my character would be formed, for good or evil. I don't feel that it's what it should be. It's full of flaws.' 'So's everybody's,' said Aunt Jamesina cheerfully. 'Mine's cracked in a hundred places. Your Miss Stacy likely meant that when you are twenty your character would have got its permanent bent in one direction or 'tother, and would go on developing in that line.

You can't have many exclamation points left,' thought Anne, 'but no doubt the supply of italics is inexhaustible.

She seemed to walk in an atmosphere of things about to happen.