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.

Oh, Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them. You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them. Mrs Lynde says, "Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed." But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.

1906 Anne of Green Gables is rejected by four publishers. Montgomery puts the manuscript away in a hatbox.

We all come back to God in these days of soul-sifting, said Gertrude to John Meredith. There have been many days in the past when I didn't believe in God—not as God—only as the impersonal Great First Cause of the scientists. I believe in Him now—I have to—there's nothing else to fall back on but God—humbly, starkly, unconditionally.

For it is sure to come; and if or not it's now not just as we have pictured it, it will likely be infinitely sweeter.

Seems to me you must always have been afraid to be young. It takes courage, I can tell you that

And life (or God) seems to reply, "Get ready! The other shoe is going to drop. When? I want to surprise you.

Some of the greatest blessings take a long time in coming, as God works out His plans.

I wonder many times that ever a child of God should have a sad heart, considering what their Lord is preparing for them.

But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next.

No arguments will give courage to the coward.

Nature's kind trick is to make everything happen so slowly that we don't get as scared as we should.