The body grows slowly and steadily but the soul grows by leaps and bounds. It may come to its full stature in an hour.

But the worst of imagining things is that the time comes when you have to stop and that hurts.

When twilight drops her curtain down And pins it with a star Remember that you have a friend Though she may wander far.

People who don't like cats always seem to think there is some peculiar virtue in not liking them.

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

It's fun to be almost grown up in some ways, but it's not the kind of fun I expected, Marilla. There's so much to learn and do and think that there isn't time for big words.

It only seems as if you are doing something when you're worrying.