Marilla Cuthbert

"The trouble with you is that you're thinking, and when you think you always get into hot water."

"I think the only way to get over it is to face the consequences of your own actions."

"The body is the house the spirit lives in."

"The trouble with you is that you're thinking too much of yourself."

"You can't help your hair, but you're wicked to be vain about it."

"The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him."

"I suppose you have to take the bitter with the sweet."

"You may have the sympathy and the friendship of everyone, but that does not give you the right to expect their agreement."

"I believe we make more headway when we stop blaming ourselves."

"The trouble with you is that you're always comparing yourself with other people."

"I can't promise to like him. I can only promise to try."

"You seem to have forgotten that you've a standing invitation to Green Gables."

"An imagination is a very nice thing to have."

"She's got too much imagination, that's what's the matter with her."

"A person who can't help feeling sorry when they crumple up a piece of paper has too much sentiment."

"There's no use in wishing for things you can't get."

"I can't even imagine your imagining things the way you do."

"If you must eat a frog, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it for too long."

"That is a very wicked thing to say about the dead, Anne."

"I'm afraid of getting too fond of you for the sake of the sorrow it will be when you have to go away."

"Things always look much better in the morning."

"It's lovely to have ambitions and high ideals and all that, but plain matter-of-fact work and steady plodding is what does the trick."

"The sorrows of this world are enough without adding imaginary ones."

"There's a reek of eggs in it anyhow."

"I suppose it's all right to waste time now and then, but I don't believe in making a practice of it."

"You're a very silly child, Anne."

"What's the use of making mistakes if you're not going to learn by them?"

"We've got to be thankful for our blessings."

"It's foolish to borrow trouble from the future."

"The great advantage of getting older is that you don't lose things—you just can't find them."