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.
It's dreadful what little things lead people to misunderstand each other.
People told her she hadn't changed much, in a tone which hinted they were surprised and a little disappointed she hadn't.
...a little "appreciation" sometimes does quite as much good as all the conscientious "bringing up" in the world.
Nobody can keep on being angry if she looks into the heart of a pansy for a little while.
One can't get over the habit of being a little girl all at once.
the little things in life often make more trouble than the big things.
I'm really a very happy, contented little person in spite of my broken heart.
Besides, I've been feeling a little blue — just a pale, elusive azure. It isn't serious enough for anything darker.
That doesn't sound very attractive," laughed Anne. "I like people to have a little nonsense about them.
I have learned to look upon each little hindrance as a jest and each great one as a foreshadowing of victory.
I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand into a magnificent moth of fulfilment…
All things great are wound up with all things little.