Anne Shirley

"I think I could forgive anything of anybody if I only knew the truth about them."

"I guess I'm not pure and good like some girls I know."

"I'm so glad I'm a girl. But if I couldn't be a girl I think I'd like to be a pirate."

"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—it's such an interesting world."

"You may bully me if you like. I can't fight back. But I won't beg pardon for something I didn't do."

"I think I'm going to have a splendid time in life. Even if the trees in it aren't quite what I always imagined they would be."

"Why must people kneel down to pray? If I really wanted to pray I'll tell you what I'd do. I'd go out into a great big field all alone or into the deep woods, and I'd look up into the sky—up—up—up—into that lovely blue sky, and then I'd feel a prayer."

"I dream my painting into being."

"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."

"Marilla, I've been thinking about it and I've decided that I'll be a model girl and cause you no more trouble."

"I'm afraid of wasting my life."

"To despise a man does not exclude loving him—indeed I think it sharpens one's love sometimes."

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

"I feel as if I'm in a book and the book is a nice one."

"Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing."

"People laugh at me because I use big words. But if the big words say what I want to say, why shouldn't I use them?"

"I'm not a bit in love with Gilbert and that's the bottom of it."

"I wonder if it's possible to like a person more as time goes on."

"The future is a blank page."

"I'm so thankful that I'm not beautiful. It would be such a responsibility."

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

"I'm not a bit in a hurry to get married. It's nice to have accomplishments and be independent."

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

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

"I just want to be myself, the Anne who is me and not some reflection."

"The future is a blank canvas and I paint my own destiny on it."

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

"It's been my experience that those who are always looking for kindness find it."