Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.

Gossip lies nine times and tells a half truth the tenth.

she was richer in those dreams than in realities; for things seen pass away, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

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

Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.

But pearls are for tears, the old legend says," Gilbert had objected. "I'm not afraid of that. And tears can be happy as well as sad. My very happiest moments have been when I had tears in my eyes—when Marilla told me I might stay at Green Gables—when Matthew gave me the first pretty dress I ever had—when I heard that you were going to recover from the fever. So give me pearls for our troth ring, Gilbert, and I'll willingly accept the sorrow of life with its joy." -Anne

Oh, we're very careful, Marilla. And it's so interesting. Two flashes means, "Are you there?" Three means "yes" and four "no." Five means, "Come over as soon as possible, because I have something important to reveal." Diana has just signalled five flashes, and I'm really suffering to know what it is.