Having adventures comes natural to some people", said Anne serenely. "You just have a gift for them or you haven't.

But if you call me Anne, please call me Anne with an 'e'.

It is when my umbrella turns inside out that I am convinced of the total depravity of inanimate things.

How sadly things had changed since she had sat there the night after coming home! Then she had been full of hope and joy and the future had looked rosy with promise. Anne felt as if she had lived years since then, but before she went to bed there was a smile on her lips and peace in her heart. She had looked her duty courageously in the face and found it a friend--as duty ever is when we meet it frankly.

Make a little room in your plans for romance again, Anne, girl. All the degrees and scholarships in the world can’t make up for the lack of it. ~Aunt Josephine to Anne in Anne Of Green Gables

That is one consolation when you are poor—there are so many more things you can imagine about.

Everything that's worth having is some trouble.