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Anne of Green Gables Book Series

I didn't know about Anne of Green Gables or any books in the series until I watched the Netflix series Anne With An E. I really enjoyed it and I came to adore Anne. So naturally I wanted to read the books and continue Anne's life in my mind, after finishing the series. I'm done wrapping up the 4th book, Anne of Windy Poplars. It's been such a delight. I've picked out some excerpts, and lines from the book here, some of which are my favorites, some that resonated with me, and some that reminded me of pieces of stuff.  1. Anne of Green Gables ~For 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. ~"Dear old world," she murmured, "you are very lovely, and I am glad to be alive in you." 2.  Anne of Avonlea ~Far and wide was a white carpet, knee deep, of hailstones; drifts of them were heaped...

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

"I like good strong words that mean something." "Have regular hours for work and play, make each day both useful and pleasant, prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life become a beautiful success, in spite of poverty." "I want to do something splendid before I go into my castle, something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm dead. I don't know what, but I'm on the watch for it, and mean to astonish you all some day." "If we are all alive ten years hence, let's meet, and see how many of us have got our wishes, or how much nearer we are then than now." "Love is a great beautifier." "When we make little sacrifices we like to have them appreciated, at least." "You have grown abominably lazy, you like gossip, and waste time on frivolous things, you are contented to be petted and admired by silly ...