Oh, sometimes I think it is of no use to make friends. They only go out of your life after awhile and leave a hurt that is worse than the emptiness before they came.

All i want is a dress with puffy sleaves

It's all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically, but it's not so nice when you really come to have them, is it?

In everything you do aim to excel for what is worth doing is worth doing well

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".

I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.

If you can't be cheerful, be as cheerful as you can.