“No one can be free who has a thousand ancestors.”

“It was a lovely afternoon - such an afternoon as only September can produce when summer has stolen back for one more day of dream and glamour.”

“Despair is a free man—hope is a slave.”

“Thank goodness air and salvation are still free...and so is laughter.”

“…unwitting that those who can soar to the highest heights can also plunge to the deepest depths, and that the natures which enjoy most keenly are those which also suffer most sharply.”

“One can always find something lovely to look at or listen to,' said Anne.”

“It makes me very sad at times to think about her. But really, Marilla, one can't stay sad very long in such an interesting world, can one?”