L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
"Oh, Mr. Cuthbert," she whispered, that place we came through--that white place--what was it"Well now, you must mean the Avenue," said Matthew after a few moments' profound reflection. "It is a kind of pretty place."Pretty? Oh, PRETTY doesn't seem the right word to use. Nor beautiful, either. They don't go far enough. Oh, it was wonderful--wonderful. It's the first thing I ever saw that couldn't be improved upon by imagination. It just satisfies me here"--she put one hand on her breast--"it made a queer funny ache and yet it was a pleasant ache. Did you ever have an ache like that, Mr. Cuthbert"Well now, I just can't recollect that I ever had."I have it lots of time--whenever I see anything royally beautiful. But they shouldn't call that lovely place the Avenue. There is no meaning in a name like that. They should call it--let me see--the White Way of Delight. Isn't that a nice imaginative name?"
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"Oh, Mr. Cuthbert," she whispered, that place we came through--that white place--what was it"Well now, you must mean the Avenue," said Matthew after a few moments' profound reflection. "It is a kind of pretty place."Pretty? Oh, PRETTY doesn't seem the right word to use. Nor beautiful, either. They don't go far enough. Oh, it was wonderful--wonderful. It's the first thing I ever saw that couldn't be improved upon by imagination. It just satisfies me here"--she put one hand on her breast--"it made a queer funny ache and yet it was a pleasant ache. Did you ever have an ache like that, Mr. Cuthbert"Well now, I just can't recollect that I ever had."I have it lots of time--whenever I see anything royally beautiful. But they shouldn't call that lovely place the Avenue. There is no meaning in a name like that. They should call it--let me see--the White Way of Delight. Isn't that a nice imaginative name?"
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
"Which would you rather be if you had the choice--divinely beautiful or dazzlingly clever or angelically good?"
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
"Listen to the trees talking in their sleep,' she whispered, as he lifted her to the ground. 'What nice dreams they must have!"
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
"True friends are always together in spirit. (Anne Shirley)"
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
"When I left Queen's my future seemed to stretch out before me like a straight road. I thought I could see along it for many a milestone. Now there is a bend in it. I don't know what lies around the bend, but I am going to believe that the best does. It has a fascination of its own, that bend, Marilla. I wonder how the road beyond it goes - what there is of green glory and soft, checkered light and shadows - what new landscapes - what new beauties - what curves and hills and valleys farther on."
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
"Then Diana puts too many murders into [her stories]. She says most of the time she doesn’t know what to do with the people so she kills them off to get rid of them."
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
"Jane's stories are too sensible. Then Diana puts too much murders into hers. She says most of the time she doesn't know what to do with the people so she kills them off to get rid of them." -Anne Shirley"
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
"Why must people kneel down to pray? If I really wanted to pray I’ll tell you what I'd do. I'd go out into a great big field all alone or in the deep, deep woods and I'd look up into the sky—up—up—up—into that lovely blue sky that looks as if there was no end to its blueness. And then I'd just feel a prayer."
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
"Don't you just love poetry that gives you a crinkly feeling up and down your back?"
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
"It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will."
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
"The world looks like something God had just imaged for his own pleasure, doesn't it?"
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
"You're not eating anything," said Marilla sharply, eying her as if it were a serious shortcoming. Anne sighed. I can't. I'm in the depths of despair. Can you eat whenyou are in the depths of despair"I've never been in the depths of despair, so I can't say," responded Marilla. Weren't you? Well, did you ever try to IMAGINE you were inthe depths of despair"No, I didn't."Then I don't think you can understand what it's like. It's very uncomfortable a feeling indeed."
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
"When I left Queen's my future seemed to stretch out before me like a straight road. I thought I could see along it for many a milestone. Now there is a bend in it. I don't know what lies around the bend, but I'm going to believe that the best does."
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
"I've done my best, and I begin to understand what is meant by 'the joy of strife'. Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing."
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
"Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing."
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
"I don't know, I don't want to talk as much. (...) It's nicer to think dear, pretty thoughts and keep them in one's heart, like treasures. I don't like to have them laughed at or wondered over."
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
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