We must have ideals and try to live up to them, even if we never quite succeed. Life would be a sorry business without them. With them it's grand and great.

That's the worst…or the best…of real life, Anne. It won't let you be miserable. It keeps on trying to make you comfortable…and succeeding…even when you're determined to be unhappy and romantic.

When I make up my mind to do a thing it stays made up.

It will come sometime. Some beautiful morning she will just wake up and find it is Tomorrow. Not Today but Tomorrow. And then things will happen ... wonderful things.

There isn't any such thing as an ordinary life. (92)

Snow in April is abominable," said Anne. "Like a slap in the face when you expect a kiss.

Saying one's prayers isn't exactly the same thing as praying.