Ali

“For two years she had worked earnestly and faithfully, making many mistakes and learning from them. She had had her reward. She had taught her scholars something, but she felt that they had taught her much more-lessons of tenderness, self-control, innocent wisdom, lore of childish hearts.”
― L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea

“The possibilities of making new friends help to make life very fascinating. But no matter how many friends I make they’ll never be as dear to me as the old ones.”
― L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea

“Nobody cared anything for me or wanted to be bothered with me. I should have been miserable if it hadn’t been for that stange little dream-life of mine, wherein I imagined all the friends and love I craved. But when I came to Green Gables everything was changed. And then I met you. You don’t know what your friendship meant to me. I want to thank you here and now, dear, for the warm and true affection you’ve always given me.”
― L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea

“I think people make their names nice or ugly just by what they are themselves.[…]
[…] Living so that you beautify your name, even if it wasn’t beautiful to begin with-masking it stand in people’s thoughts for something so lovely and pleasant that they never think of it by itself.”
― L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea