But really, Marilla, one can't stay sad very long in such an interesting world, can one?

I'm not a bit changed - not really. I'm only just pruned down and branched out. The real me - back here - is just the same.

That's all the freedom we canhope for - the freedom to choose our prison. [...]

That is one good thing about this world - there are always sure to be more springs.

I must be getting old ... People are beginning to tell me I look so young. They never tell you that when you are young.

You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair." — Anne Shirley

Comedy and tragedy are so mixed up in life, Gilbert. The only thing that haunts me is that tale of the two who lived together fifty years and hated each other all that time. I can't believe they really did. Somebody has said that 'hate is only love that has missed its way.' I feel sure that under the hatred they really loved each other . . . just as I really loved you all those years I thought I hated you . . . and I think death would show it to them. I'm glad I found out in life.