Favorite Authors: Francine Rivers, Jane Austen, Liz Curtis Higgs, LM Montgomery, Karen Kingsbury, CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien

Favorite Quotes: "When I left ... my future seemed to stretch out before me like a straight road. I thought I could see along it for many a milestone. Now there is a bend in it. I don't know what lies around that bend, but I'm going to believe that the best does. It has a fascination of its own, that bend ... I wonder how the road beyond it goes -- what there is of green glory and soft, checkered light and shadows -- what new landscapes -- what new beauties -- what curves and hills and valleys further on." -- Anne of Green Gables "For a moment Anne's heart fluttered queerly and for the first time her eyes faltered under Gilbert's gaze and a rosy flush stained the paleness of her face. It was as if a veil that had hung before her inner consciousness had been lifted, giving to her view a revelation of unsuspected feelings and realities. Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one's life with pomp and blare, like a [brave] knight riding down; perhaps it crept to one's side like an old friend through quiet ways; perhaps it revealed itself in seeming prose, until some sudden shaft of illumination flung athwart its pages betrayed the rhythm and the music; perhaps ... perhaps ... love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship, as a golden-hearted rose slipping from its green sheath." -- Anne of Avonlea