Anne Shirley

"Life is worth living as long as there's a laugh in it."

"I daresay I was meant to be a heroine, but I'm afraid there's not much scope for it in Avonlea."

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers."

"Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think."

"It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will."

"There's such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I'm such a troublesome person."

"I have a dreadful temper. I know I have. It's a good thing I'm not a boy, or I'd be in the penitentiary."

"Marilla, isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive."

"The body may be in the kitchen, but the mind is miles away among the stars."

"I read in a book once that a Rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I've never been able to believe it."

"I wish I were a boy."

"It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will."

"I never knew what it was to have a real home until I came to Green Gables."

"I suppose you think I've been wicked to say I couldn't love you."

"You've been a brick, Matthew. That's a strictly grown-up word and probably I shouldn't use it, but it's so expressive."

"Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet."

"It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will."

"Gilbert Blythe just walked past and made a face at me! The idea of anybody daring to insult me by making a face!"

"Mrs. Lynde says that the nicest place to be is in your own home, and I think she's right."

"I love this bridge. It's the most romantic spot in the whole world."

"I wish my name were Cordelia instead of Anne."

"Perhaps it's better to be happy than wise."

"There's such a lot of interesting things to find out about."

"I felt as though I had a conscience for the first time in my life."

"Isn't it splendid to have ambitions?"

"There's such a lot to learn and do and enjoy before it's too late."

"Everything's lovely when you think about it."

"I do love to imagine the things that might be."

"I'm afraid of being common or dull."

"Oh, Marilla, how perfectly lovely these flowers are!"