Don't believe in imagining things different from what they really are. When the Lord puts us in certain circumstances He doesn't mean for us to imagine them away.

Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding, I think,' said Anne.

That doesn't sound very attractive," laughed Anne. "I like people to have a little nonsense about them.

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.

Since ever the world was spinning And till the world shall end You've your man in the beginning Or you have him in the end, But to have him from start to finish And neither nor borrow nor lend Is what all of the girls are wanting And none of the gods can send

You must pay the penalty of growing-up, Paul. You must leave fairyland behind you.

Nobody can keep on being angry if she looks into the heart of a pansy for a little while.