- [first lines]
- Anne Shirley: [in a circle blowing a feather] Ruby, this is serious. We're supposed to be studying each other's lips. I think yours are delicate and inviting.
- Ruby Gillis: Really?
- Anne Shirley: [laughter] And Tillie's are soft, even to the eye. And Jane's are shaped like a rosebud that's beginning to bloom. Mine are awful. Like the fat caterpillars that live in our old willow tree.
- Jane Andrews: They do look a bit swollen.
- Anne Shirley: It's my own fault. I have a terrible habit of chewing on my bottom lip when I'm thinking. The trouble is that I'm always thinking.
- Anne Shirley: What does it feel like to be divinely beautiful, Diana?
- Diana Barry: That's very kind, but I'm not div...
- Anne Shirley: No, you are. Please answer the question. I have to know.
- Diana Barry: Compliments are nice but I'd rather be smart.