Anne of Green Gables Quotes

A bosom friend—an intimate friend, you know—a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost soul.

It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.

It’s not what the world holds for you, it’s what you bring to it.

Isn’t it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive—it’s such an interesting world. It wouldn’t be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it?

There is no use in loving things if you have to be torn from them, is there?

Kindred spirits are not so scarce as true love, but they are rarer than a blue moon.

Tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet.

I’m not a bit changed—not really. I’m only just pruned down and branched out. The real me—back here—is just the same.

It’s so hard to get up again—although of course the harder it is the more satisfaction you have when you do get up, haven’t you?

There’s no use in loving things if you have to be torn from them, is there?

You can’t be lonely if you’re reading a good book.

It gives me a feeling of reverence to step on the threshold of a place where the soul of the past still lingers.

It’s not what the world holds for you, it’s what you bring to it.

True friends are always together in spirit.

Isn’t it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive—it’s such an interesting world. It wouldn’t be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it?

There is no use in loving things if you have to be torn from them, is there?

I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.

I am well-fed and well-clothed and well-educated—what more could I want? Well, yes, I’d like some more afternoon teas and pretty dresses!

I have always felt that if I were hungry, I could die with composure.

We’d just go on being as happy as queens, in spite of men and nations who do their worst.

There’s nothing so dangerous as a headlong rush into action.

Life is worth living as long as there’s a laugh in it.

Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it yet.

I don’t believe in making children happy in that way. They can only find happiness in their own imaginations.

I like to be alone, and dream and make up pretendings. I’m very happy that way.

That is one good thing about this world… there are always sure to be more springs.

There’s so much in the world you can’t know anything about—bogglefogs and flibbertigibbets—nonsense!

You never know what peace is until you walk on the shores of Avonlea.

It is ever so much easier to be good if your clothes are fashionable.

Half of the time, the way Matthew and I laugh together helped us more than words.

Now I actually feel a little teeny bit sorry for Mrs. Rachel. I kind of know what it feels like to be misunderstood and unappreciated.

If I’ve really learned anything, it’s that friendship isn’t about how long you’ve known someone or how much you have in common, it’s about the connection you share in your hearts.

You have to watch where you’re going, so you don’t stumble over something you’re not expecting.

Why must people kneel down to pray? If I really wanted to pray I’ll tell you what I’d do. I’d go out into a great big field all alone or into the deep, deep woods, and I’d look up into the sky—up—up—up—into that lovely blue sky that looks as if there was no end to its blueness. And then I’d just feel a prayer.

She was so different from anything I had ever known.

There is no such thing as a luckless maiden—they are always a blessing to someone, or they’re only a potential blessing.

I think that the only reason why we are miserable is because we think the whole world’s against us.

But it ain’t no disgrace to be poor. Leastways, it ain’t no disgrace to be poor that’s got some sense.

True friends are always together in spirit.

Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?

Yes, but I imagine it’s rather grand to be famous to know that your name is familiar all over the world.

I don’t want sunbursts or marble halls, I just want you.

I’m longing to take off my cap and be Raptured.

The way I figure it is that we all are pretty much what God made us, and sometimes it takes a special person to see and appreciate the beauty that lies beyond the exterior.

I’m not trying to be rude—I’m sorry if it seems like that, but, well, bird houses are funny things.

I can’t get over the shock! I never dreamed of seeing a highway right in front of my eyes.

If you couldn’t be happy when you were young you might as well be dead when you’re old.

You know the old saying, ‘so many books, so little time.’ That’s exactly how I feel.

I don’t want diamond sunbursts or marble halls. I just want you.

It’s lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss about whether they was made or only just happened.