“I'm afraid you'll find out all too soon that life's a melancholy business.”

“Some people go through life trying to find out what the world holds for them only to find out too late that it's what they bring to the world that really counts.”

“Gilbert, I'm afraid I'm scandalously in love with you.”

“And it seemed to me, too, that I've always been afraid when I was in the company of people…afraid of saying something stupid…afraid of being laughed at.”

“you'll find that trickery of the mind is just as potent as trickery of deed”

“Gilbert, I'm afraid I'm scandalously in love with you. You don't think it's irreverent, do you? But then, you're not a minister.”

“I'm afraid our old world has come to an end, Rilla. We've got to face the fact. (Walter)”