"An imagination is a very valuable thing."Creativity
"That is the real Emily's secret—the soul of the matter."Literature
"I felt as if my heart would break."
"There's such a lot of nice things to think about."Happiness
"I have a very hard time forgiving myself."
"That's the trouble with growing up, there's so much to worry about."
"The place to find things in a library is on a shelf."Knowledge
"We girls have got to stick together."Friendship
"I've been trying to be good, but it's a hard task."
"I'd rather be a success at something I love than a failure at something I hate."Success
"It's splendid to have ambitions and it's nice to have accomplishments."Dreams
"I don't mind being looked over if I'm not looked down on."
"That's a lovely word—ethereal. It sounds like a sigh translated into sound."Art
"I feel as if I was going to burst into tears."
"I'm trying not to think of it, but that makes it all the worse."Patience
"It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will."Happiness
"Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think."Friendship
"There's such a lot of different Annes in me. I sometimes think that is why I'm such a troublesome person."
"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers."Nature
"It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will."
"Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet."Hope
"I have a terrible temper. I know I have. But I never mean to say mean things."
"There's no use in my trying to be anything else or in people trying to make me anything different."
"A person can't help their family, but they can help their friends."Friendship
"What a splendid thing it must be to write books."Literature
"I wish I were a bird and could fly away from everything."Freedom
"It's nice to have accomplishments and be elegant, but not to have to give up all the fun of living to do it."
"Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about?"
"I suppose you'll think me awfully wicked to talk like this about your mother."
"I don't believe I was meant for a heroine."