Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.

She asked me what made me do such a thing. That is an awkward question because I often can't tell what makes me do things. Sometimes I do them just to find out what I feel like doing them. And sometimes I do them because I want to have some exciting things to tell my grandchildren.

it would be lovely to sleep in a wild cherry-tree all white with bloom in the moonshine

But just think what a dull world it would be if everyone was sensible,' pleaded Anne.

Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.

I doubt if I shall ever have time to read the book again -- there are too many new ones coming out all the time which I want to read. Yet an old book has something for me which no new book can ever have -- for at every reading the memories and atmosphere of other readings come back and I am reading old years as well as an old book.

If a kiss could be seen I think it would look like a violet.