Another two years in the life of Anne, an orphan child who
was taken in and loved. Now she takes on two orphans herself: larger-than-life
models of circumspectness and mischievousness. This very day I refrained from
engaging in bad manners because of Anne’s reaction to the mischievous twin
indulging in that particular behavior. (How
I wanted to lick that bowl . . . )
“It does people good to have to do things they don’t like . . . in moderation.”
Mrs. Allan’s face was not the face of the girl-bride whom the minister had brought to Avonlea five years before … what her face lacked in girlish beauty was now more than atoned for in added tenderness and strength.
“… our own lives … are broad or narrow according to what we put into them, not what we get out. Life is rich and full here . . . everywhere . . . if we can only learn how to open our whole hearts to its richness and fullness.”
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