Fanny

“He dealt every day with people who believed they weren’t happy and who further believed that by committing some crime—theft, murder, deceit, blackmail, even kidnapping—they would find the magic elixir that would transform the perceived misery of their lives into that most desired of states: happiness”
― Donna Leon, A Noble Radiance

“Her advice is much like pepper, I think . . . excellent in small quantities but rather scorching in her doses.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables Collection

“Mrs. Lynde was complaining the other day that it wasn't much of a world. She said whenever you looked forward to anything pleasant you were sure to be more or less disappointed . . . perhaps that is true. But there is a good side to it too. The bad things don't always come up to your expectations either . . . they nearly always turn out ever so much better than you think.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables Collection: 11 Books

“such was the beauty of the landscape, that a lover of scenery would be tempted thus to lose himself.”
― Anthony Trollope, Doctor Thorne