
"Anne of Windy Poplars" Quotes
Anne Shirley navigates the challenges of teaching and finds solace in her new home at Windy Poplars.
classics | 288 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
There is no good in anything unless you do it with joy.
Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.
To be a queen of a household is a powerful thing.
You never know what peace is until you walk on the shores or in the fields or along the winding red roads of Prince Edward Island in a summer twilight when the dew is falling and the old stars are peeping out and the sea keeps its mighty tryst with the little land it loves.
A good laugh is as good as a prayer sometimes.
It has always seemed to me, ever since early childhood, amid all the commonplaces of life, I was very near to a kingdom of ideal beauty. Between it and me hung only a thin veil. I could never draw it quite aside, but sometimes a wind fluttered it and I caught a glimpse of the enchanting realms beyond - only a glimpse - but those glimpses have always made life worthwhile.
There is so much in the world for us all if we only have the eyes to see it, and the heart to love it, and the hand to gather it to ourselves.
You may tire of reality but you never tire of dreams.
Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.
We pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self-denial, anxiety and discouragement.