L.M. Montgomery, Anne Of The Island Quotes
You must pay the penalty of growing-up, Paul. You must leave fairyland behind you.
We are never half so interesting when we have learned that language is given us to enable us to conceal our thoughts.
I wouldn't want to marry anybody who was wicked, but I think I'd like it if he could be wicked and wouldn't.
I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.
Oh", she thought, "how horrible it is that people have to grow up-and marry-and change!
...the sorrows God sent us brought comfort and strength with them, while the sorrows we brought on ourselves, through folly or wickedness, were by far the hardest to bear.
I love them, they are so nice and selfish. Dogs are TOO good and unselfish. They make me feel uncomfortable. But cats are gloriously human.
That's one of the things we learn as we grow older -- how to forgive. It comes easier at forty than it did at twenty.
People told her she hadn't changed much, in a tone which hinted they were surprised and a little disappointed she hadn't.
I feel as if I had opened a book and found roses of yesterday sweet and fragrant, between its leaves.
I don't believe Old Nick can be so very ugly, ' said Aunt Jamesina reflectively. 'He wouldn't do so much harm if he was. I always think of him as a rather handsome gentleman.
Anne laughed."I don't want sunbursts or marble halls, I just want you.
Heaven must be very beautiful, of course, the Bible says so — but, Anne, it won't be what I've been used to.
I'm afraid of those cows, ' protested poor Dora, seeing a prospect of escape.'The very idea of your being scared of those cows, ' scoffed Davy. 'Why, they're both younger than you.
When you've learned to laugh at the things that should be laughed at, and not to laugh at those that shouldn't, you've got wisdom and understanding.