The Anne of Green Gables Collection Quotes

“One could have eaten a meal off the ground without overbrimming the proverbial peck of dirt. Mrs.”
― L.M. Montgomery, The Anne of Green Gables Collection

“You will have to make up the old quarrel, Susan. It will never do to be at outs with your neighbours.” “Cousin Sophia began the quarrel, so she can begin the making up also, Mrs. Dr. dear,” said Susan loftily. “If she does I hope I am a good enough Christian to meet her half-way. She is not a cheerful person and has been a wet blanket all her life. The last time I saw her, her face had a thousand wrinkles—maybe more, maybe less—from worrying and foreboding. She howled dreadful at her first husband’s funeral but she married again in less than a year. The next note, I see, describes the special service in our church last Sunday night and says the decorations were very beautiful.”
― L.M. Montgomery, The Anne of Green Gables Collection

“Miss Barry, who was sitting behind them, leaned forward and poked Marilla in the back with her parasol.”
― L.M. Montgomery, The Anne of Green Gables Collection