“Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.”
― Anne of Green Gables
― Anne of Green Gables
“Dear old world', she murmured, 'you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.”
― Anne of Green Gables
― Anne of Green Gables
“That's the worst of growing up, and I'm beginning to realize it. The things you wanted so much when you were a child don't seem half so wonderful to you when you get them.”
― Anne of Green Gables
― Anne of Green Gables
“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
― Anne of Green Gables
― Anne of Green Gables
“It was November--the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines. Anne roamed through the pineland alleys in the park and, as she said, let that great sweeping wind blow the fogs out of her soul.”
― Anne of Green Gables
― Anne of Green Gables
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