"But am I talking too much? People are always telling me I do. Would you rather I didn't talk? If you say so I'll stop…"

"Oh, this is the most tragical thing that has ever happened to me!"

"Oh, I'm not ashamed of it," explained Anne, "only I like Cordelia better. I've always imagined that my name was Corde…"

""You're not eating anything," said Marilla sharply, eying her as if it were a serious shortcoming. Anne sighed."

"I guess Gilbert Blythe will be in school today," said Diana. "He's been visiting his cousins over in New Brunswick al…"

"Blythe was trying to make Anne Shirley look at him and failing utterly, because Anne was at that moment totally obliv…"

"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to Nov…"

"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."

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

"You don't chatter half as much as you used to, Anne, nor use half as many big words. What has come over you?"