“I wish every one in the world was as warm and sheltered as we are tonight.”

“I wish we could see perfumes as well as smell them. I'm sure they would be very beautiful.”

“We... Charlotta the Fourth and I... live in defiance of every known law of diet." ~ Miss Lavendar, chap 27”

“Fear is a vile thing, and is at the bottom of almost every wrong and hatred of the world.”

“How wicked I was to wish that something dramatic would happen!' she thought. 'Oh, if we could only have those dear, monotonous, pleasant days back again! I would *never* grumble about them again.”

“Diana: "I wish I were rich, and I could spend the whole summer at a hotel, eating ice cream and chicken salad."Anne: "You know something, Diana? We are rich. We have sixteen years to our credit, and we both have wonderful imaginations. We should be as happy as queens."[gestures to the setting sun]Anne Shirley: "Look at that. You couldn't enjoy its loveliness more if you had ropes of diamonds.”

“I wish I were dead, or that it were tomorrow night,' groaned Phil.”