Quotessence
Home / Books / Anne of Green Gables Collection: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of the Island, and More Anne Shirley Books

Anne of Green Gables Collection: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of the Island, and More Anne Shirley Books

Book by Lucy Maud Montgomery · 5 quotes · People, L'm Montgomery, Ifs

Filter quotes by topic

Anne of Green Gables Collection: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of the Island, and More Anne Shirley Books Quotes

“I'd write of people and places like I knew, and I'd make my characters talk everyday English; and I'd let the sun rise and set in the usual quiet way without much fuss over the fact. If I had to have villains at all, I'd give them a chance, Anne--I'd give them a chance. There are some terrible bad men the world, I suppose, but you'd have to go a long piece to find them...But most of us have got a little decency somewhere in us. Keep on writing, Anne.”

“Yes, it's beautiful,' said Gilbert, looking steadily down into Anne's uplifted face, 'but wouldn't it have been more beautiful still, Anne, if there had been no separation or misunderstanding . . . if they had come hand in hand all the way through life, with no memories behind them but those which belonged to each other?”