Anne of Green Gables quotes

Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It’s splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.

— Spoken by a character · XIX. A Concert, a Catastrophe, and a Confession

I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.

— Spoken by a character · XVI. Diana Is Invited to Tea with Tragic Results

And people laugh at me because I use big words. But if you have big ideas you have to use big words to express them, haven’t you?

— Spoken by a character · II. Matthew Cuthbert Is Surprised

“Marilla, isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”

— Spoken by a character · XXI. A New Departure in Flavorings

‘My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes.’

— Spoken by a character · V. Anne’s History

Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.

— Anne · XXXV. The Winter at Queen’s

It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.

— Anne · V. Anne’s History

Isn’t it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it’s such an interesting world. It wouldn’t be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it? There’d be no scope for imagination then, would there?

— Spoken by a character · II. Matthew Cuthbert Is Surprised

“Dear old world,” she murmured, “you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.”

— Spoken by a character · XXXVIII. The Bend in the Road

It is ever so much easier to be good if your clothes are fashionable.

— Anne · XXIX. An Epoch in Anne’s Life

But I just went to work and imagined that I had on the most beautiful pale blue silk dress--because when you are imagining you might as well imagine something worth while--and a big hat all flowers and nodding plumes, and a gold watch, and kid gloves and boots.

— Spoken by a character · II. Matthew Cuthbert Is Surprised

Oh, it’s delightful to have ambitions. I’m so glad I have such a lot. And there never seems to be any end to them--that’s the best of it. Just as soon as you attain to one ambition you see another one glittering higher up still. It does make life so interesting.

— Spoken by a character · XXXIV. A Queen’s Girl

When I left Queen’s my future seemed to stretch out before me like a straight road. I thought I could see along it for many a milestone. Now there is a bend in it. I don’t know what lies around the bend, but I’m going to believe that the best does.

— Spoken by a character · XXXVIII. The Bend in the Road

I’m not a bit changed--not really. I’m only just pruned down and branched out. The real me--back here--is just the same.

— Spoken by a character · XXXIV. A Queen’s Girl

It’s delightful when your imaginations come true, isn’t it?

— Spoken by a character · II. Matthew Cuthbert Is Surprised

But if you call me Anne please call me Anne spelled with an E.

— Spoken by a character · III. Marilla Cuthbert Is Surprised

It’s all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically, but it’s not so nice when you really come to have them, is it?

— Spoken by a character · IV. Morning at Green Gables