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181 " God is in heaven, all's right with the world - Anne Shirley "
― L.M. Montgomery , Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
182 " When the Lord puts us in certain circumstances He doesn't mean for us to imagine them away. "
183 " 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? "
184 " Yes; but cakes have such a terrible habit of turning out bad just when you especially want them to be good, "
185 " and the unfortunate Matthew was left to do that which was harder for him than bearding a lion in its den—walk up to a girl—a strange girl—an orphan girl—and demand of her why she wasn’t a boy. "
186 " Its wonderful to have ambition. "
187 " I’m not in the depths of despair this morning. I never can be in the morning. Isn’t it a splendid thing that there are mornings? "
188 " The whitewashed walls were so painfully bare and staring that she thought they must ache over their own bareness. "
189 " Influence other people for good. "
190 " You couldn’t really expect a person to pray very well the first time she tried, could you? "
191 " And there was always the bend in the road! "
192 " That is one consolation when you are poor—there are so many more things you can imagine about. "
193 " Oh, Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them," exclaimed Anne. "You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them. "
194 " And as for risk, there’s risk in pretty near everything a body does in this world. - Marilla Cuthbert "
195 " And as for the risk, there's risks in pretty near everything a body does in this world. "
196 " All the Beyond was hers with its possibilities lurking rosily in the oncoming years—each year a rose of promise to be woven into an immortal chaplet. "
197 " If you can't be cheerful, be as cheerful as you can. - Mrs Rachel Lynde "
198 " I like people who make me love them. It saves me so much trouble in making myself love them. - Miss Barry "
199 " And anyhow I’d always be too tired at night to bother saying prayers. People who have to look after twins can’t be expected to say their prayers. Now, "
200 " I am sure we should not shut our hearts against the healing influences that nature offers us. But I can understand your feeling. I think we all experience the same thing. We resent the thought that anything can please us when someone we love is no longer here to share the pleasure with us, and we almost feel as if we were unfaithful to our sorrow when we find our interest in life returning to us. "