“People laugh at me because I use big words. But if you have big ideas, you have to use big words to express them, haven't you?”
― Anne of Green Gables
― Anne of Green Gables
“It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”
― Anne of Green Gables
― Anne of Green Gables
“I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.”
― Anne of Green Gables
― Anne of Green Gables
“Oh, it's delightful to have ambitions. I'm so glad I have such a lot. And there never seems to be any end to them-- that's the best of it. Just as soon as you attain to one ambition you see another one glittering higher up still. It does make life so interesting.”
― Anne of Green Gables
― Anne of Green Gables
Iara’s 2025 Year in Books
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