Anne of Green Gables

"That is the real Emily's secret—the soul of the matter."

"An imagination is a very valuable thing."

"Life is a blessed thing, isn't it?"

"I have something dreadful to confess."

"I was just thinking how much nicer it would be if I was a boy."

"That's the sort of thing that's a bad example to the young."

"I do hope you'll never have any real troubles, Anne."

"I don't hold with cutting and contriving."

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

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

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

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

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

"There's another bend in the road. Hidden Brook is such a mysterious place."

"I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those big violin-concerto days, but just those made up of little things."

"It's nicer to think ill of people than good, because when you find they're better than you expected they seem so much nicer."

"Maybe it just means something is not worth doing if it has to be done with a guilty conscience."

"I don't want to be a human being—I want to be a woman."

"After all, tomorrow is a new day, and we'll begin again."

"I've learned to look on the bright side of things."

"I wish I could go back to the time when I thought the future was an unspoiled blank."

"The body is the prison house of the soul."

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

"I'm afraid of wasting my life on nothing."

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

"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."

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

"I love this little spot of earth with all my heart."

"I think we're going to be the greatest friends."