I am thrilled to take a moment out of my busy day and yours to present Anne of Green Gables Quotes that will make you SMILE! I first was introduced to Anne as a young girl by my Mom while we were browsing in a bookstore for something “good to read”. I went home that day with Anne of Green Gables in a brown paper bag and within minutes of the purchase began to dive in. It began a life-long love of Anne as well as all books written by L.M. Montgomery.
As time went on, Anne never left my side, her happy words were indelibly printed on my heart and in my brain. She could make me smile at the memory of time spent reading about her fictional life. She has served as inspiration for days when I felt I would not make it through. You know those days when sadness has crept in and life is hard when you are in the depths of despair? We all have them. Make time today to read Anne of Green Gables!
You are moments away
from a big SMILE on your face,
so keep on reading!
Anne of Green Gables Quotes that will make you SMILE
“Isn’t it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?”
“It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.”
“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.”
“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
“True friends are always together in spirit. (Anne Shirley)”
“Well, we all make mistakes, dear, so just put it behind you. We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.”
“I am simply a ‘book drunkard.’
Books have the same irresistible temptation for me that liquor has for its devotee. I cannot withstand them.”
“Life is worth living as long as there’s a laugh in it.”
“After all,” Anne had said to Marilla once, “I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.”
“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?”
“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.”
“Dear old world’, she murmured, ‘you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you.”
“I don’t want sunbursts or marble halls, I just want you.”
“Because when you are imagining, you might as well imagine something worthwhile.”
“Look at that sea, girls–all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen. We couldn’t enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds.”
“It was November–the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines. Anne roamed through the pineland alleys in the park and, as she said, let that great sweeping wind blow the fogs out of her soul.”
“I read in a book once that a
rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but I’ve never been able to believe it. I don’t believe a rose WOULD be as nice if it was called a thistle or a skunk cabbage.”
“For a moment Anne’s heart fluttered queerly and for the first time her eyes faltered under Gilbert’s gaze and a rosy flush stained the paleness of her face. It was as if a veil that had hung before her inner consciousness had been lifted, giving to her view a revelation of unsuspected feelings and realities. Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one’s life with pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; perhaps it crept to one’s side like an old friend through quiet ways; perhaps it revealed itself in seeming prose, until some sudden shaft of illumination flung athwart its pages betrayed the rhythm and the music, perhaps. . . perhaps. . .love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship, as a golden-hearted rose slipping from its green sheath. ”
“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 know all about everything, would it? There’d be no scope for imagination then, would there?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. I can STOP when I make up my mind to it, although it’s difficult.”
“I’d like to add some beauty to life,” said Anne dreamily. “I don’t exactly want to make people KNOW more… though I know that IS the noblest ambition… but I’d love to make them have a pleasanter time because of me… to have some little joy or happy thought that would never have existed if I hadn’t been born.”
It is my sincerest hope that your day has been made better by these HAPPY quotes from Anne (spelled with an e).
YOUR TURN…
What is your favorite Anne of Green Gables Quote?
Blessings,
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There is nothing better than Anne with an e quotes!
I love Anne of Green Gables, Many thanks!
My favorite quote is:
“‘Our Library isn’t very extensive,’ said Anne, ‘But every book is a friend.'”
Thanks for making this website. I love it!
Oh, that is such a good one Meredith! I’m embarrassed to ask, but what book is that from?
awwwwww this is so beautiful i love it!!!! you guys just made my day honestly. now im gonna choose a beautiful quote and embroidery it beautifully and frame it and hang it on my wall cos i absoulutely adore all the stories about anne and gilbert (dont tell anyone– i used to have a crush on him) 😉
I’m so glad you liked this, Emily! Anne is such an amazing character and an inspiration too!
I love your collection of Anne with an E quotes!!
My most fave quote….
“It’s not what the world holds for you, it’s what you bring to it.” ~ L.M. Montgomery
Thank you so much, Terri! I love that particular Anne quote too!