Anne of the Island
Anne Shirley is leaving green Avonlea behind. College calls, and with it comes the intoxicating taste of independence, new friends with scandalous ideas, and the dizzying uncertainty of building a life entirely her own. At Redmond College, Anne discovers that growing up is no simple matter of geography. She sells her first story, weathers a disastrous marriage proposal from the most insufferable man alive, and learns that heartbreak can arrive in forms she never anticipated. Through it all, she and her friends take up residence in a tumbledown cottage by the sea, where an irritable black cat becomes unexpectedly essential to her happiness. But Gilbert Blythe has followed her to Kingsport, and Anne must finally confront the question she's been evading: is she ready to love someone who has loved her all along?
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“Anne laughed."I don't want sunbursts or marble halls, I just want you.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“I wouldn't want to marry anybody who was wicked, but I think I'd like it if he could be wicked and wouldn't.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“All life lessons are not learned at college,' she thought. 'Life teaches them everywhere.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“I've loved you ever since that day you broke your slate over my head in school.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“I do know my own mind,' protested Anne. 'The trouble is, my mind changes and then I have to get acquainted with it all over again.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“I feel as if I had opened a book and found roses of yesterday sweet and fragrant, between its leaves.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“I love them, they are so nice and selfish. Dogs are TOO good and unselfish. They make me feel uncomfortable. But cats are gloriously human.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“When you've learned to laugh at the things that should be laughed at, and not to laugh at those that shouldn't, you've got wisdom and understanding.””
— L. M. Montgomery
“Anne was always glad in the happiness of her friends; but it is sometimes a little lonely to be surrounded everywhere by happiness that is not your own.””
— L. M. Montgomery
