Anne of Green Gables Quotes

“Isn’t it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive — it’s such an interesting world. It wouldn’t be half so interesting if we know all about everything, would it? There’d be no scope for imagination then, would there?”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables + Anne of Avonlea + Anne of the Island: The 3 First Anne Shirley Classics Unabridged

“I’ve done my best and I begin to understand what is meant by the ‘joy of the strife.’ Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables Boxed Set

“It's so easy to be wicked without knowing it, isn't it?"
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"You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair"
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“Kindred spirits alone do not change with the changing years.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

“I never in all my life saw or heard anything to equal her,” muttered Marilla, beating a retreat down to the cellar after potatoes. “She is kind of interesting as Matthew says. I can feel already that I’m wondering what on earth she’ll say next. She’ll be casting a spell over me, too. She’s cast it over Matthew. That look he gave me when he went out said everything he said or hinted last night over again. I wish he was like other men and would talk things out. A body could answer back then and argue him into reason. But what’s to be done with a man who just LOOKS?”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables + Anne of Avonlea + Anne of the Island: The 3 First Anne Shirley Classics Unabridged