Anne of Green Gables is the first book among a series written by L. M. Montgomery. The Anne story books belong to the category of children's classics but there's a lot for grown-ups to learn from them too. The book begins with the aging brother-sister Mathew and Marilla Cuthbert being mistakenly sent an orphan girl Anne Shirley in place of a boy and them deciding to keep her. As the story progresses they come to adore the red-headed Anne girl despite her imaginings and her knack of getting into scrapes all the time. :)Here are some parts from Anne of Green Gables that I just love.
"Anne Shirley, what have you done to your hair? Why, it's GREEN!"
"Yes, it's green," moaned Anne. "I thought nothing could be as bad as red hair. But now I know it's ten times worse to have green hair. Oh, Marilla, you little know how utterly wretched I am."
"Marilla, isn't it nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?"
"It's all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically, but it's not so nice when you really come to have them, is it?"
"Oh, I know I'm a great trial to you, Marilla," said Anne repentantly. "I make so many mistakes. But then just think of all the mistakes I don't make, although I might. "
"Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing."
"Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing."
"Oh, Marilla, looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them," exclaimed Anne. "You mayn't get the things themselves; but nothing can prevent you from having the fun of looking forward to them. Mrs. Lynde says, `Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.' But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed."
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4 comments:
"Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing."
ooph,i really like it,beleive it and do it!!!!!!
its exactly like the story of sugar and coffee ...
the story of sugar and coffee?
that sounds interesting!
nice post! :D just wish there was some chemical which we could inject to keep our heads up when things collapse around us :D
ideh is probably talking about her attempts to make me drink bitter coffee to understand the sweetness of sugar. similarly failure also makes us realise the meaning of winning. the important thing however is to try as only then you have a shot at succeeding.
and btw i believe one doesn't need chemicals in trying times when we've got friends around. :)
This is inspiration enough to read the book - sure enough my next read :)
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