That's the worst of growing up, and I'm beginning to realize it. The things you wanted so much when you were a child don't seem half so wonderful to you when you get them.Anne Shirley
Now, you just remember that the minute you start to rush things, something is liable to backfire and go wrong.Anne Shirley
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.Anne Shirley
People laugh at them, and hustle them about, and run into them, and walk over them and what not...and they just go on smiling and trustingAnne Shirley
Life is rich and full here...everywhere...if we can only learn how to open our whole hearts to its richness and fullness.Anne Shirley
It's really splendid to imagine you are a queen. You have all the fun of it without any of the inconveniences and you can stop being a queen whenever you want toAnne Shirley
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?Anne Shirley
It's not what the world holds for you. It is what you bring to itAnne Shirley
I don't like to be surprised. You lose all the fun of expecting things when you're surprised.Anne Shirley
Even when I'm alone I have real good company - dreams and imaginations and pretendings. I like to be alone now and then, just to think over things and taste them.Anne Shirley