“It was really dreadful to be so different from other people…and yet rather wonderful, too, as if you were a being strayed from another star.”

“People who are different from other people are always called peculiar,' said Anne.”

“Mr. Harrison was certainly different from other people…and that is the essential characteristic of a crank, as everybody knows.”

“It's dreadful what little things lead people to misunderstand each other.”

“Oh, but there's such a difference between saying a thing yourself and hearing other people say it,' wailed Anne. 'You may know a thing is so, but you can't help hoping other people don't quite think it is.”

“She had never before minded being alone. Now she dreaded it. When she was alone now she felt so dreadfully alone.”

“Oh, it makes SUCH a difference. It LOOKS so much nicer. When you hear a name pronounced can't you always see it in your mind, just as if it was printed out? I can; and A-n-n looks dreadful, but A-n-n-e looks so much more distinguished. If you'll only call me Anne spelled with an E I shall try to reconcile myself to not being called Cordelia.”