But the summer had been a very happy one, too -- a time of glad living with summer suns and skies, a time of keen delight in wholesome things; a time of renewing and deepening of old friendships; a time in which she had learned to live more nobly, to work more patiently, to play more heartily.

— L.M. Montgomery

But tonight is a gusty, hurrying night. . . Even the clouds racing over the sky are in a hurry and the moonlight that gushes out between them is in a hurry to flood the world.

— L.M. Montgomery

But you have such dimples," said Anne, smiling affectionately into the pretty, vivacious face so near her own. "Lovely dimples, like little dents in cream. I have given up all hope of dimples. My dimple-dream will never come true; but so many of my dreams have that I mustn't complain. Am I already now?

— L.M. Montgomery

…but youth yearned to youth.

— L.M. Montgomery

Changes ain't totally pleasant, but they're excellent things... Two years is about long enough for things to stay exactly the same. If they stayed put any longer they might grow mossy.

— L.M. Montgomery

Changes come all the time. Just as soon as things get really nice they change,' she said with a sigh.

— L.M. Montgomery

Cousin Jimmy thinks I did perfectly right. Cousin Jimmy would think I had done perfectly right if I had murdered Andrew and buried him in the Land of Uprightness. It's very nice to have one friend like that, though too many wouldn't be good for you.

— L.M. Montgomery

Desire grows by what it feeds on.

— L.M. Montgomery

Despair is a free man—hope ISA slave.

— L.M. Montgomery

…determined to enjoy her luxury of grief uncomforted.

— L.M. Montgomery