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.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryâĶI think,' concluded Anne, hitting on a very vital truth, 'that we always love best the people who need us.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryWhen I think something nice is going to happen I seem to fly right up on the wings of anticipation; and then the first thing I realize I drop down to earth with a thud. But really, Marilla, the flying part is glorious as long as it lasts. . . it's like soaring through a sunset. I think it almost pays for the thud.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryEverything is new in the spring. Springs themselves are always so new, too. No spring is ever just like any other spring. It always has something of its own to be its own peculiar sweetness.
Lucy Maud MontgomeryDon't you ever imagine things differently than what they are? Oh, Marilla, how much you miss.
Lucy Maud Montgomery