It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?

[Anne, commenting on city life] "I think I would probably come to the conclusion that I'd like it for a while... but in the end, I'd still prefer the sound of the wind in the firs across the brook more than the tinkling of crystal.

Dramatic things always have a bitterness for some one.

Anne: "But have you ever noticed one encouraging thing about me, Marilla? I never make the same mistake twice". Marilla: "I don't know as that's much benefit when you're always making new ones".

God's in His heaven, alls right with the world', whispered Anne softly.

[she] had a great reputation for unselfishness because she was always giving up a lot of things she didn't want.

And he wrote, "When the moon rises tonight think of me and I'll think of you.