Anne of Green Gables Coming of Age Quotes

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Quote #10

Jane was smiling and happy; examinations were over and she was comfortably sure she had made a pass at least; further considerations troubled Jane not at all; she had no soaring ambitions and consequently was not affected with the unrest attendant theron. 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. (36.1)

Anne is extremely ambitious, and it's true; she does pay a price for it. Instead of the happiness of knowing she passed, Anne has to endure the anxiety of wondering whether she passed at the top of her class, and won a prize for it.