I wish every one in the world was as warm and sheltered as we are tonight.

After all," Anne had said to Marilla once, "I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.

You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them.

She looked like a head-on collision between a fashion plate and a nightmare.

I wonder why people so commonly suppose that if two individuals are both writers they must therefore be hugely congenial," said Anne, rather scornfully. "Nobody would expect two blacksmiths to be violently attracted toward each other merely because they were both blacksmiths.

Few women are so beautiful and charming that they can afford to divest themselves of any portion of their charm; so they are very foolish to do so by smoking. It doesn't matter about men. Men look ugly and silly, too, when smoking. But it isn't beauty that matters with them-only strength

People told her she hadn't changed much, in a tone which hinted they were surprised and a little disappointed she hadn't.