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- When people mean to be good to you, you don't mind very much when they're not quite—always.
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
- 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 into 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 (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
- There's such a difference between saying a thing yourself and hearing other people say it. You may know a thing is so, but you can't help hoping other people don't quite think it is.
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
- A child that has a quick temper, just blaze up and cool down, ain't never likely to be sly or deceitful.
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
- I love pretty things; and I hate to look in the glass and see something that isn't pretty. It makes me feel so sorrowful—just as I feel when I look at any ugly thing. I pity it because it isn't beautiful.
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
- I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
- One can dream so much better in a room where there are pretty things.
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
- One can't stay sad very long in such an interesting world, can one?
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
- Cakes have such a terrible habit of turning out bad just when you especially want them to be good.
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
- Folks that has brought up children know that there's no hard and fast method in the world that'll suit every child. But them as never have think it's all as plain and easy as Rule of Three—just set your three terms down so fashion, and the sum'll work out correct.
- L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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