And if you couldn't be loved, the next best thing was to be let alone.

The beauty of winter is that it makes you appreciate spring.

I know I chatter on far too much... but if you only knew how many things I want to say and don't. Give me SOME credit.

Fear is the original sin. Almost all of the evil in the world has its origin in the fact that some one is afraid of something.It is a cold slimy serpent coiling about you. It is horrible to live with fear; and it is of all things degrading.

Diana: "I wish I were rich, and I could spend the whole summer at a hotel, eating ice cream and chicken salad." Anne: "You know something, Diana? We are rich. We have sixteen years to our credit, and we both have wonderful imaginations. We should be as happy as queens." [gestures to the setting sun] Anne Shirley: "Look at that. You couldn't enjoy its loveliness more if you had ropes of diamonds.

I believe flowers have souls. I have known roses that I expect to meet in heaven.

Rilla was fond of italics, as most girls of fifteen are.