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Not who you're looking for? Others named Anne of Green Gables: novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery; first in a series · 1919 film by William Desmond Taylor · 1985 television miniseries directed by Kevin Sullivan · 1934 film by George Nicholls, Jr.
“Oh, this is the most tragical thing that has ever happened to me!”
“"What a splendid day!" said Anne, drawing a long breath. "Isn't it good just to be alive on a day like this? I pity the people who aren't born yet for missing it. They may have good days, of course, but they can never have this one."”
“"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. It would be terrible if we just skipped from September to November, wouldn't it? Look at these maple branches. Don't they give you a thrill—several thrills? I'm going to decorate my room with them."”
“"Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world."”
“For we pay a price for everything we get or take in this world; and although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won, but exact their dues of work and self-denial, anxiety and discouragement.”
“Marilla, I've almost decided to give up trying to like Josie Pye. I've made what I would once have called a heroic effort to like her, but Josie Pye won't BE liked.”
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Anne of Green Gables is a 1972 made-for-television British mini-series directed by Joan Craft, based on the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.