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Her confusion put him at ease and he forgot to be shy; besides, even the shyest of men can sometimes be quite audacious in moonlight.
Rainbow Valley (1919)
What a comfort one familiar face is in a howling wilderness of strangers!
Anne of the Island (1915)
Be the day short or be the day long, at last it weareth to evening song.
Anne of Windy Poplars (1936)
She found, however, that revenge hurts nobody quite so much as the one who tries to inflict it.
Anne of the Island (1915)
Life had taught her to be brave, to be patient, to love, to forgive.
Rainbow Valley (1919)
We miss so much out of life if we don't love. The more we love the richer life is—even if it is only some little furry or feathery pet.
Rainbow Valley (1919)
It is never quite safe to think we have done with life. When we imagine we have finished our story fate has a trick of turning the page and showing us yet another chapter.
Rainbow Valley (1919)
But feeling is so different from knowing. My common sense tells me all you can say, but there are times when common sense has no power over me. Common nonsense takes possession of my soul.
Anne of the Island (1915)
A slender shapely young aspen rose up before them against the fine maize and emerald and paling rose of the western sky, which brought out every leaf and twig in dark, tremulous, elfin loveliness.
Anne's House of Dreams (1917)
I'm going out after supper to walk all over the old orchard by moonlight. I suppose I'll have to go to bed finally... though I've always thought sleeping on moonlight nights a waste of time...
Anne of Ingleside (1939)
Gilbert was friendly—very friendly—far too friendly....But Anne no longer found it satisfying. The rose of love made the blossom of friendship pale and scentless by contrast.
Anne of the Island (1915)