Tears don't hurt like the ache does.

There are so many unpleasant things in the world already that there is no use in imagining any more.

I'm really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart.

I've loved you ever since that day you broke your slate over my head in school.

I heard someone say once that the years from fifteen to nineteen are the best years in a girl's life.

Anne, are you killed?' shrieked Diana, throwing herself on her knees beside her friend. 'Oh, Anne, dear Anne, speak just one word to me and tell me if you're killed.

That's a lovely idea, Diana,' said Anne enthusiastically. 'Living so that you beautify your name, even if it wasn't beautiful to begin with…making it stand in people's thoughts for something so lovely and pleasant that they never think of it by itself. Thank you, Diana.