“I told you the Bible was more to be depended on than newspapers!”

“But I'd rather look like you than be pretty," she told Anne sincerely.Anne laughed, sipped honey from the tribute, and cast away the sting.”

“There is a book of Revelation in every one's life, as there is in the Bible.”

“I detest that woman [Rachel Lynde] more than anybody I know. She can put a whole sermon, text, comment, and application, into six words, and throw it at you like a brick.”

“Heaven must be very beautiful, of course, the Bible says so — but, Anne, it won't be what I've been used to.”

“[Anne, commenting on city life] "I think I would probably come to the conclusion that I'd like it for a while... but in the end, I'd still prefer the sound of the wind in the firs across the brook more than the tinkling of crystal.”

“It’s so much more romantic to end a story up with a funeral than a wedding.”