Proverbs are all very fine when there's nothing to worry you, but when you're in real trouble, they're not a bit of help.

Most things are predestined, but some are just darn sheer luck, said Roaring Abel.

Thank goodness, we can choose our friends. We have to take our relatives as they are, and be thankful.

[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.

I can't cheer up — I don't want to cheer up. It's nicer to be miserable!

She looks just as music sounds, I think,' answered Anne.

Don't try to write anything you can't feel - it will be a failure - 'echoes nothing worth