Summary

• "Girls Can Do Anything A Boy Can Do, And More!" - Anne's determination to prove herself and challenge gender norms is an inspiring theme throughout the show.
• "Dreamers Change The World." - Ms. Stacy encourages her students to use their imaginations and believes that dreamers are the ones who can make a difference and create progress.
• "Different Isn't Bad; It's Just Not The Same." - Anne learns to accept and embrace her own uniqueness, realizing that being different doesn't mean something is wrong.

Selecting the best Anne With An E quotes is like trying to find the most beautiful rocks on a beach. Not a single line of the show is wasted. Each character has a unique way of expressing themselves in a way that inspires others. Every episode of the show's three seasons is jam-packed with evocative dialogue and beautiful words taken from Lucy Maud Montgomery's books as well as several other classic pieces of literature that weave their way into the narrative — starting, of course, with the title of each episode.

Anne With An E is an ode to literature; a loving compilation of nods and tributes to remarkable female writers that Anne (and Montgomery) look up to, all surrounding a young woman with a ion for kindness and a determination to change the world for the better. The beloved Canadian show may have been canceled after its third season, but it left fans more inspired than ever and has found a second life on Netflix. While the show may be canceled, these Anne With An E quotes will never be forgotten and will continue to inspire the show's devoted audience.

25 "Anything That's Worth Having Is Some Trouble."

Anne - Season 3, Episode 1: "A Secret Which I Desired To Divine"

Anne is talking to her new friend Ka’kwet (Kiawenti:io Tarbell) and has enjoyed her time with her. They hit it off great, and Anne wants to get to know her better. When it is time to part ways and for Anne to return home, she says that she wants to come back to see Ka’kwet again. “Is it alright if I still visit you later?” Anne asks. That is when Ka’kwet responds, “It is a long way and not easy.”

This doesn't sway Anne in the least, as she delivers this quote. It is not just her response to this specific moment, though. Anne has always believed this as she grew up with a hard life and learned that nothing is easy. Anne has learned, over time, that the best things she can ever have are worth going through trouble to obtain. This includes her new special friendship with Ka’kwet.

24 "There Are Plenty Worse Things Than Hurt Feelings, Believe Me."

Anne - Season 3, Episode 9: "A Dense And Frightful Darkness"

Too many people in town think that when bad things happen to them, it is the end of the world. So many hate to see change coming and want to fight to keep things "perfect" in their lives. This can often cause hurt feelings when things happen to them that they didn't expect or that sets them back. However, Anne knows that "hurt feelings" are not something that can destroy a person or cause any real pain.

Anne opens up to them and lets them know that there are much worse things than having feelings hurt. Anne is an orphan who grew up in a dark and scary place that still causes nightmares for her. As she said, she has seen the darkness that life can throw at someone, and if hurt feelings are the only thing a person can see coming into their lives, they have it better than many other people. Anne may be young, but she is the voice of reason, more than once, in this series.

23 "Sometimes Life Hides Gifts In The Darkest Of Places."

Anne - Season 3, Episode 3: "What Can Stop The Determined Heart"

Anne is often the one who can see the silver lining when everything else seems dark and troubling. She said that even if there is something a person does not want to do, that does not mean it is a bad thing to do. In this Anne with an E quote, Anne said that a person can always find something to enjoy if they look hard enough, and that is even when what they are doing is not what they expected or wanted.

This quote simply means that there might be something enjoyable and pleasing if a person is willing to open their mind to it. The full quote says, "It’s been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy something if you make up your mind firmly that you will. Of course, you must make up your mind firmly. I’ve made up my mind to enjoy this drive." Anne is the most forward-thinking and positive person in the show, and this quote is an example of that.

22 "You Don't Need A Third Eye, Not When You Have Your Own Two."

Madam Lyudmila - Season 3, Episode 6: "The Summit Of My Desires"

In the sixth episode of season 3, Anne and her friends and family go to the country fair. While there, she decides she needs to go see the fortune teller because she sees doubt in her future. When she goes in, she finds Madam Lyudmila there, and she asks her about the future. It is clear from the start that this woman is a fake, but she goes to great lengths to tell Anne what she thinks she wants to hear about a tall, dark man in her future.

She immediately asks for payment, and Anne realizes it might not be what she hoped. However, later, Anne comes back to see Madam Lyudmila and is very upset about her life. This is when the fortune teller loosens up and stops putting on an act. Instead, she opens up to Anne and gives her this great advice. She tells Anne to look at it with her own eyes, and she won't need a fortune teller to tell her the future.

21 "I'm Not Unlucky, I'm 'Most Unusual.'"

Anne - Season 3, Episode 6: "The Summit Of My Desires"

At the county fair, Anne is talking about her life and what has happened to her. They reminisce about how Anne had chances to see and do things, but there was always something strange or unusual that intervened or got in her way. Marilla laughed and said that Anne was such an "unlucky" girl. She didn't say this out of unkindness, but just as a matter of fact statement between people who care about each other.

Anne understood this and responded back in a similar fashion. She said she wasn't unlucky and then held up the ribbon she had won earlier for being the "Most Unusual" and laughed, saying she was "most unusual." This brought a laugh from Marilla, Matthew, and Anne. Anne with an E quotes like this show Anne is self-aware and has no problem laughing at herself, one of her best traits.

20 "Girls Can Do Anything A Boy Can Do, And More!"

Anne - Season 1, Episode 1: “Your Will Shall Decide Your Destiny”

When Marilla first meets Anne, she's thrown by the young girl's ionate nature. She agrees to keep Anne only for a week, which Anne spends trying to prove her worth to the immovable Marilla. Anne insists that she can help around the house and the farm. She says this despite the fact that Marilla deems this a man's work. Anne becomes jealous of Jerry and tries to compensate by telling Marilla that girls can do anything a boy can do — and more.

Anne's assistance on being helpful to the Cuthberts is straight out of the novels that provide the source material for the show. However, her persistence modernizes the show a bit, as Anne doesn't allow anyone to put her down simply because she's a girl. This great Anne with an E quote shows her determination and resolution to do whatever needs to be done.

19 “Dreamers Change The World.”

Ms. Stacy - Season 2, Episode 10: “The Growing Good Of The World”

When Ms. Stacy comes to Avonlea in season 2 of Anne With An E, the students love her, but the adults are not so keen on her teaching methods. She encourages the children in her class to experiment and participate in her demonstrations. She encourages her students to use their imaginations. That is precisely what gets her into trouble, as many people in charge don't believe that using an imagination is worth anything in the real world.

Despite that, Ms. Stacy insists that a healthy imagination and a natural curiosity are good things. She insists that “dreamers change the world” because dreamers are the very people who invent new pieces of technology and create progress for small towns like Avonlea. Dreamers are the ones who can make the world better, and Ms. Stacy doesn’t appreciate that the old-fashioned adults in Avonlea can’t see that in their children.

18 “Tell Me, And I Forget. Teach Me, And I . Involve Me, And I Learn.”

Anne - Season 2, Episode 10 “The Growing Good Of The World”

In the same Anne With An E episode in which Ms. Stacy’s job is threatened, and she insists on dreamers changing the world, Anne is the one who rallies the other students in her class to defend her. Anne loves Ms. Stacy’s teaching style, and she wants the adults in town to appreciate it as well, so that Ms. Stacy doesn’t have to leave.

When Anne leads the other students in a demonstration powering light bulbs with potatoes, these are the words she uses in her speech to those gathered at the town meeting. Her demonstration and her words catch the attention of those gathered, and they’re certainly memorable for the audience. Anne’s line here is one of the most memorable Anne With An E quotes because it speaks to the love of learning that the series encourages.

17 “The Only Thing To Do Now Is To Wait.”

Rachel - Season 1, Episode 2 “I Am No Bird, And No Net Ensnares Me”

Waiting can be a difficult idea for someone, and Rachel’s words might not seem particularly inspiring at first. They are, however, important. In the second episode of the series, Anne runs away, pretending to go back to the orphanage, when Marilla accuses her of stealing something. Matthew tries to track her down when Marilla finds that she is mistaken.

Marilla gets upset when Matthew and Anne are not back the next morning, and she wants to set out to find them herself, but it’s Rachel who stops her. Rachel is the voice of reason. There were already multiple people looking for Anne (her husband set out after Matthew), and adding Marilla to the mix just meant they could get in one another’s way, and no one would be at Green Gables when she returned. Waiting is exactly what Marilla needs to do, even though it’s difficult, and that can be true in other similar situations in real life.

16 “The Best Part Of Knowing The Rules Is Finding Acceptable Ways Of Breaking Them.”

Winifred - Season 3, Episode 2 “There Is Something At Work In My Soul Which I Do Not Understand”

Winifred Rose is not a fan-favorite character simply because she’s an obstacle to Anne and Gilbert getting together in the third season of the show. That being said, Winifred still has a great Anne With An E quote or two. She’s a very intelligent young woman, working as an assistant to a doctor when Gilbert meets her, and she has no problem speaking her mind with him in the same way that Anne does.

Her line here is something that appeals to Gilbert and would likely appeal to Anne as well. Both Gilbert and Anne are driven by their thirst for knowledge (though in different fields), and they both think outside the box to achieve their goals. The idea of learning rules in order to bend or break them is something that all of these characters have in common.