3.5. This wasn't as enchanting as the first book, but I did gain some tidbits from it:

Marilla states Miss Lavender's story very plainly, saying it's a terrible story, and says, "Where's the romance in that?"
Anne: " Oh, there isn't any when you put it that way. I suppose that's how it looks on prose. But it's very different if you look at it through poetry. And I think it's nicer to look at it through poetry."
Marilla to herself: "... better to have the vision and the faculty divine, that gift which the world cannot bestow or take away; of looking at life through some transfiguring or revealing medium. Whereby everything seemed apparelled in celestial light, wearing a glory and a freshness not visible to those who looked at things through prose."

I loved this. Anne has always been good at looking on the bright side of things and seeing the good in others. I wish more of us would do the same.

Anne: "What I want out of my college course is some knowledge of the best way of living life and doing the most and best with it. I want to learn to understand and help other people and myself.
Mr. Harrison: "That's the idea exactly. That's what college aught to be for, instead of for turning out a lot of BAs so chalk full of book learning and vanity."

Yes yes yes. I want my children to learn these exact same things.

Paul, after talking to Anne about everyone wanting Miss Lavender to be like everyone else: "But I hope she won't give her queer notions up because I like them. And I don't want her to be like other people. There are too many other people around as it is."

This exactly. Be yourself. Be unique. You don't need to change yourself to fit with the norm, you should be who you want to be, and better yourself because YOU want to be a better person. I hope I can instill this in my kids. I want them to be confident and to love who they are, with no worries about other's expectations.

There was a lot of growth from many of the characters which I enjoyed a well.