Rilla was fond of italics, as most girls of fifteen are.

A plate of apples, an open fire, and a jolly good book are a fair substitute for heaven.

Life is worth living as long as there's a laugh in it.

I know that in everybody's life must come days of depression and discouragement when all things in life seem to lose savour. The sunniest day has its clouds;but one must not forget the sun is there all the time.

She had dreamed some brilliant dreams during the past winter and now they lay in the dust around her. In her present mood of self-disgust, she could not immediately begin dreaming again. And she discovered that, while solitude with dreams is glorious, solitude without them has few charms.

Walter's eyes were very wonderful. All the joy and sorrow and laughter and loyalty and aspirations of many generations lying under the sod looked out of their dark-gray depths.

Doesn't matter what a person's name is as long as he behaves himself.