I recently bought all nine of the Anne books for 99 cents through iBooks. I loved these books as a child and I wanted to see how they held up now that I'm all grown up.
When I was a little girl, Anne Shirley was totally my hero(ine). I too knew the pain of having bright red hair and of constantly being shushed for talking too much. And Gilbert Blythe? Totally my first book boyfriend. Oh the crush I had on him...
I'm happy to report that I am enjoying Anne Shirley as much as an adult as I did as a child. As I've been reading, I've been taking note of my favorite quotes and I thought I'd share a few from each book as I finish them.
From Anne of Green Gables there's the title quote about Octobers but then there are also what I call the "isn't it splendid" quotes:
"Isn't it splendid to thing of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive -- it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it?"
and
"Isn't it splendid there are so many things to like in this world?"
I always loved this on on Anne's favorite time of day:
"In the mornings I always think mornings are best; but when evening comes I think it's better still."
And then there's this one... Again, I am a redhead and I got teased about it a LOT as a child. I still do sometimes. It's hard being a redhead. Sometimes I think the reason we have a reputation for having bad tempers is because we're so sick of hearing about how we have bad tempers.
"You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair," said Anne reproachfully. "People who haven't red hair don't know what trouble is."
Amen, sister.
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