"I want you to notice especially that little gate over yonder. It isn't really needed. It opens only into that froggy marsh beyond the wood. But isn't it a gate? I love a gate like that--a reasonless gate. It's full of promise. There may be something wonderful beyond. A gate is always a mystery, anyhow--it lures--it is a symbol. And listen to that bell ringing somewhere in the twilight across the harbour. A bell in twilight always has a magic sound--as if it came from somewhere 'far far in fairyland.' There are roses in that far corner--old-fashioned roses like sweet old songs set to flowering. Roses white enough to lie in your white bosom, my sweet, roses red enough to star that soft dark cloud of your hair. Emily, do you know I'm a little drunk to-night--on the wine of life. Don't wonder if I say crazy things."

~ Dean Priest from L. M. Montgomery's "Emily's Quest"

It must feel awful nice to have things like that said to you... I have always had a thing for D. P. Can't get over the fact how sad his story ended. It must have been horrible for him, to get so close to happiness and then lose it completely. Even thinking of it breaks my heart. Life ain't fair, not even in novels.