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's still warms hearts more than 100 years after its release. This 1908 classic is a favorite among children's literature and beloved by readers of all ages. The novel tells the tale of Anne Shirley, a spirited, outgoing orphan with a mind as bright as her flaming red hair. When we first meet Anne, she's just moved to Green Gables to live with Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert, siblings who were looking for a boy to work on their farm but wound up with her instead. Through Anne's voice, we enter a world brimming with simple pleasures, where having a kind heart and a vivid imagination is the key to acceptance and joy.
Here are 35+ quotes from Anne of Green Gables that capture the power of imagination, the strength of resilience, the warmth of true friends, and the beauty of nature as well as the enduring appeal of Anne herself.
On imagination and dreams
"Because when you are imagining, you might as well imagine something worth while."
"The world calls them its singers and poets and artists and storytellers; but they are just people who have never forgotten the way to fairyland."
"But the worst of imagining things is that the time comes when you have to stop and that hurts."
