I am well in body although considerably rumpled up in spirit, thank you, ma'am,' said Anne gravely. Then aside to Marilla in an audible whisper, 'There wasn't anything startling in that, was there, Marilla?

That's one splendid thing about such affairs — it's so lovely to look back to them.

Thank goodness, we can choose our friends. We have to take our relatives as they are, and be thankful.

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

I know I haven't much sense or sobriety, but I've got what is ever so much better — the knack of making people like me.

We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self denial, anxiety and discouragement.

Having adventures comes natural to some people", said Anne serenely. "You just have a gift for them or you haven't.