When one great passion seizes possession of the soul all other feelings are crowded out.

There is nothing more aggravating than a man who won't talk back - unless it is a woman who won't.

Rilla's heart skipped a beat — or, if that be a physiological impossibility, she thought it did.

…determined to enjoy her luxury of grief uncomforted.

I believe I've put forth a tiny soul-root into Kingsport soil this afternoon. I hope so. I hate to feel transplanted.

Life is worth living as long as there's a laugh in it.

There was no mistaking her sincerity--it breathed in every tone of her voice. Both Marilla and Mrs. Lynde recognized its unmistakable ring. But the former understood in dismay that Anne was actually enjoying her valley of humiliation--was reveling in the thoroughness of her abasement. Where was the wholesome punishment upon which she, Marilla, had plumed herself? Anne had turned it into a species of positive pleasure.