Anne of Green Gables

"There's such a lot of world to see and I want to see it before I get too old."

"I hate to begin a new year in the same old way."

"I felt so ashamed and miserable, and I didn't know how I could ever make amends."

"That is the worst of living in the country—you feel so slow."

"I never can look a gift horse in the mouth."

"I'm dreadfully sorry, but I was daydreaming."

"It's been my experience that the looser the rein you give a child, the better they behave."

"I hope I shall have good luck. I've heard that it is possible to make a kind of charm to bring good luck."

"I can't imagine why people waste their time quarreling."

"Wouldn't it be splendid if we could choose our relations?"

"I believe in putting my whole soul into my work."

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

"I'd rather be a rose and live but a few weeks than be a dandelion and live for years."

"I do so want to be a credit to you."

"Marilla, I've made up my mind to enjoy this beautiful day."

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

"I have a dreadful temper. I know it is a dreadful temper but I never can remember it until it is too late."

"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."

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

"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."

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

"I wish life was like a book. You could turn back and change things if you did something wrong."

"It's lovely to have ambitious dreams and to try to live up to them."

"I hope I'm going to love Avonlea. I'm afraid I won't."

"I do so want to look nice and be smart."

"The trouble is that I'm too imaginative."

"I wish I could write something that would make people laugh and cry."

"It's been my experience that people are the greatest joy or the greatest sorrow in life."

"I've been so wicked, but I'm going to be better."