Quotes

"I wish we could see perfumes as well as smell them. I'm sure they would be very beautiful." ~ Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery It's bad enough to feel insignificant, but it's unbearable to have it grained into your soul that you will never, can never, be anything but insignificant. ~ Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery She discovered that, while solitude with dreams is glorious, solitude without them has few charms. ~ Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery "I like people to have a little nonsense about them." ~ Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery "I'm afraid to speak or move for fear all this wonderful beauty will vanish just like a broken silence." ~ Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery She had lived solely for the little things of life—the things that pass—forgetting the great things that go onward into eternity, bridging the gulf between the two lives and making of death a mere passing from one dwelling to the other—from twilight to unclouded day. ~ Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery "Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding, I think," said Anne. ~ Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery "I love them," said Dorothy. "They are so nice and selfish. Dogs are too good and unselfish. They make me feel uncomfortable. But cats are gloriously human." ~ Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery Anne was always glad in the happiness of her friends; but it is sometimes a little lonely to be surrounded everywhere by a happiness that is not your own. ~ Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery "I do know my own mind," protested Anne. "The trouble is, my mind changes and then I have to get acquainted with it all over again." ~ Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery