Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Green Gables #2)

by L.M. Montgomery

“Oh, do YOU imagine things too?” That “too” revealed a kindred spirit to Miss Lavendar. “Yes, I do,” she confessed, boldly. “Of course it’s silly in anybody as old as I am. But what is the use of being an independent old maid if you can’t be silly when you want to, and when it doesn’t hurt anybody?

Beautiful philosophy

“That’s a lovely idea, Diana,” said Anne enthusiastically. “Living so that you beautify your name, even if it wasn’t beautiful to begin with . . . making it stand in people’s thoughts for something so lovely and pleasant that they never think of it by itself. Thank you, Diana.”

“Perhaps it was nothing very dreadful after all. I think the little things in life often make more trouble than the big things,” said Anne,

That’s the worst . . . or the best . . . of real life, Anne. It WON’T let you be miserable. It keeps on trying to make you comfortable . . . and succeeding...even when you’re determined to be unhappy and romantic.