“You 're not eating anything,” said Marilla sharply, eying her as if it were a serious shortcoming. Anne sighed. “I can 't. I'm in the depths of despair. Can you eat when you are in the depths of despair?”

I shall give life here my best, and I believe it will give its best to me in return.

That's one of the things we learn as we grow older -- how to forgive. It comes easier at forty than it did at twenty.

Of all the uncertain things marriage is the uncertainest.

Children can be the most cruel creatures alive. They have the herd instinct of prejudice against any outsider, and they are merciless in its indulgence.

Anne Shirley. Anne with an "e.

Even when I'm alone I have real good company — dreams and imaginations and pretendings. I like to be alone now and then, just to think over things and taste them. But I love friendships — and nice, jolly little times with people.