“I hate to lend a book I love…it never seems quite the same when it comes back to me…”
― Anne of Windy Poplars
― Anne of Windy Poplars
“There is so much in the world for us all if we only have the eyes to see it, and the heart to love it, and the hand to gather it to ourselves--so much in men and women, so much in art and literature, so much everywhere in which to delight, and for which to be thankful.”
― Anne of the Island
― Anne of the Island
“Words aren't made — they grow,' said Anne.”
― Anne of the Island
― Anne of the Island
“Religion! Is what you hear at church religion? Is that which can bend and turn, and descend and ascend, to fit every crooked phase of selfish, worldly society, religion? Is that religion which is less scrupulous, less generous, less just, less considerate for man, than even my own ungodly, worldly, blinded nature? No! When I look for religion, I must look for something above me, and not something beneath.”
― Uncle Tom’s Cabin
― Uncle Tom’s Cabin
“Death! Strange that there should be such a word, and such a thing, and we ever forget it; that one should be living, warm and beautiful, full of hopes, desires and wants, one day, and the next be gone, utterly gone, and forever!”
― Uncle Tom’s Cabin
― Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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