Favorite Quotes

“‘Listen to the trees talking in their sleep,’ she whispered, as he lifted her to the ground.  ’What nice dreams they must have!’”  –Green Gables, Ch. 2

‘”Isn’t it good just to be alive on a day like this? I pity the people who aren’t born yet for missing it. They may have good days, of course, but they can never have this one.'” –Green Gables, Ch. 15

‘”I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.'” –Green Gables, Ch. 16

“‘After all,’ Anne had said to Marilla once, ‘I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.’ ” –Avonlea, Ch. 19

“Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one’s life with pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; perhaps it crept to one’s side like an old friend through quiet ways; perhpas it revelaed itself in seeming prose, until some sudden shaft of illumination flung awthwart its pages betrayed the rhythm and the music; perhaps…perhaps… love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship , as a golden hearted rose slipping from its green sheath. ” –Avonlea, Ch.30

“The little things of life, sweet and excellent in their place, must not be the things lived for; the highest must be sought and followed; the life of heaven must be begun here on earth.” – Island, Ch. 14

One Response to “Favorite Quotes”

  1. Denise of Ingleside February 20, 2011 at 4:05 pm #

    “‘After all,’ Anne had said to Marilla once, ‘I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.’ ” -Avonlea, Ch. 19

    one of my favorites too 🙂

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