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

Nasturtiums, who colored you, you wonderful, glowing things? You must have been fashioned out of summer sunsets.

Have you ever noticed how many silences there are Gilbert? The silence of the woods....of the shore....of the meadows....of the night....of the summer afternoon. All different because the undertones that thread them are different.

Matthew, much to his own surprise, was enjoying himself. Like most quiet folks he liked talkative people when they were willing to do the talking themselves and did not expect him to keep up his end of it.

One can't get over the habit of being a little girl all at once.

You noticed that I wore this outfit twice? Why, the only thing you wear twice is a sour expression.

Don't you just love poetry that gives you a crinkly feeling up and down your back?