"For things seen pass away, but the things that are unseen are enternal." ~Anne of the Island

"Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding, I think." ~Anne of the Island

"If I were very beautiful and had nut-brown hair, would you keep me?" she asked Marilla. ~Anne of Green Gables

"But I am going to imagine I'm the wind that is blowing up there in those tree tops. When I get tired of the trees I'll imagine I'm gently waving down here in the ferns-and then I'll fly over to Mrs. Lynde's garden and set the flowers dancing-and then I'll go with one great swoop over the clover field-and then I'll blow over the Lake of Shining Water and ripple it all up into little sparkling waves. Oh, there's so much scope for imagination in a wind!" ~Anne of Green Gables

Gilbert reached across the aisle, picked up the end of Anne's long red braid, held it out at arm's length, and said in a piercing whisper:    "Carrots! Carrots!"    Then Anne looked at him with a vengeance!     She did more than look. She sprang to her feet, her bright fancies fallen into cureless ruin. She flashed one indignant glance at Gilbert from eyes whose angry sparkle was swiftly quenched in equally angry tears.     "You mean, hateful boy!" she exclaimed passionately. "How dare you!"     And then-Thwack! Anne had brought her slate down on Gilbert's head and cracked it- slate, not head-clear arcoss. ~Anne of Green Gables

"I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string." ~Anne of Avonlea

" 'God's in his heaven, all's right with the world,' " whispered Anne softly. ~Anne of Green Gables

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