“Gilbert darling, don't let's ever be afraid of things. It's such dreadful slavery. Let's be daring and adventurous and expectant. Let's dance to meet life and all it can bring to us, even if it brings scads of trouble and typhoid and twins!”
― Anne of Windy Poplars
― Anne of Windy Poplars
“I feel as if I had opened a book and found roses of yesterday sweet and fragrant, between its leaves.”
― Anne of the Island
― Anne of the Island
“Well now, I'd rather have you than a dozen boys, Anne,' said Matthew patting her hand. 'Just mind you that — rather than a dozen boys. Well now, I guess it wasn't a boy that took the Avery scholarship, was it? It was a girl — my girl — my girl that I'm proud of.”
― Anne of Green Gables
― Anne of Green Gables
“The world looks like something God had just imaged for his own pleasure, doesn't it?”
― Anne of Green Gables
― Anne of Green Gables
“There were dozens of politicians who could put a stop to our work. We had to change the narrative from a criminal investigation to one of restorative justice and to help the public understand that this was a human rights issue. Denying justice to some puts us all at risk.”
― We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys
― We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys
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