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

Why must people kneel down to pray? If I really wanted to pray I’ll tell you what I'd do. I'd go out into a great big field all alone or in the deep, deep woods and I'd look up into the sky—up—up—up—into that lovely blue sky that looks as if there was no end to its blueness. And then I'd just feel a prayer.

brains last, beauty doesn't.

Youth is not a vanished thing but something that dwells forever in the heart.

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.

It takes all sorts of people to make a world, as I've often heard, but I think there are some who could be spared,' Anne told her reflection in the east gable mirror that night.

It's the worst kind of cruelty — the thoughtless kind. You can't cope with it.