Anne of Windy Poplars

In daylight I belong to the world … in the night to sleep and eternity. But in the dusk I'm free from both and belong only to myself … and you.

"Thank heaven, we've had a fire in it today," she thought, "and all I hope is That Cat hasn't haired up the sofa. If Sarah Pringle got cat hairs on her dress in our parlor … "

And shall I ever have a room again from which I can see both the rising and the setting sun?

'To the sweetest teacher in the whole world.'

And for once in my life I've met a person who could talk me down

Miss Minerva kept silence for a time and Anne dared say nothing for fear of starting another avalanche of tragedies.

For the first time in their young lives they felt the force of authority

Life owes me something more than it has paid me and I'm going out to collect it," said Katherine decidedly. "I feel so much younger than I did this time last year," she added with a laugh

I will," promised Anne gravely, remembering a small, red-headed damsel who had once begged to be called Cordelia

I like her, Rebecca, I really do. I was a dreadful little chatterbox when I was a child. I wonder if I sounded as silly to the people who had to listen to me as Hazel does sometimes